HF2478 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the staff sergeant William Nathaniel Howard highway, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 2656 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: BLOM
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2656 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the staff sergeant William Nathaniel Howard highway, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 2656 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the staff sergeant William Nathaniel Howard highway, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 2656 .)

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Bill History

2026-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2656 .
2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 0. Excused, 0. H.J. 342 .
2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 341 .
2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-17 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2026 8:30AM House Lounge 2.
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Blom, Croken and Sorensen. H.J. 311 .
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 295 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the staff sergeant William Nathaniel Howard highway, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 2656 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2478

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2478

BY

BLOM

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

staff

sergeant

William

Nathaniel

Howard

1

highway,

and

including

applicability

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

314.32

Staff

sergeant

William

1

Nathaniel

Howard

highway.

2

The

segment

of

the

highway

known

as

United

States

highway

30

3

within

the

corporate

limits

of

the

city

of

Marshalltown

shall

4

be

designated

as

the

“Staff

Sergeant

William

Nathaniel

Howard

5

Highway”

in

honor

of

William

“Nate”

Howard,

who

was

killed

in

6

action

in

Palmyra,

Syria,

on

December

13,

2025,

while

serving

7

in

the

Iowa

army

national

guard.

8

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

the

segment

of

9

United

States

highway

30

within

the

corporate

limits

of

the

10

city

of

Marshalltown

on

the

effective

date

of

this

Act,

and

11

shall

apply

to

that

segment

thereafter

regardless

of

whether

12

the

highway’s

designation

as

United

States

highway

30

is

13

subsequently

changed

by

the

government

of

the

United

States.

14

EXPLANATION

15

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

16

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

17

This

bill

designates

the

segment

of

U.S.

highway

30

within

18

the

corporate

limits

of

Marshalltown

as

the

“Staff

Sergeant

19

William

Nathaniel

Howard

Highway”.

U.S.

highway

30

is

more

20

than

300

miles

long

across

Iowa

including

approximately

5

21

miles

traversing

through

the

corporate

limits

of

Marshalltown.

22

Staff

sergeant

William

“Nate”

Howard

was

killed

in

action

in

23

Palmyra,

Syria,

while

serving

in

the

Iowa

army

national

guard’s

24

1st

squadron,

113th

cavalry

regiment,

part

of

the

2nd

brigade

25

combat

team,

34th

infantry

division.

26

Pursuant

to

Code

section

321.346,

the

cost

of

signs

on

27

primary

highways

must

be

paid

out

of

the

primary

road

fund.

28

The

bill

applies

to

the

segment

of

U.S.

highway

30

on

July

29

1,

2026,

and

shall

apply

to

that

segment

thereafter

regardless

30

of

whether

the

highway’s

designation

is

subsequently

changed

31

by

the

U.S.

government.

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