HF2626 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to camping, including emergency safety requirements at campgrounds located in floodplains.(Formerly HSB 715 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 348 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to camping, including emergency safety requirements at campgrounds located in floodplains.(Formerly HSB 715 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to camping, including emergency safety requirements at campgrounds located in floodplains.(Formerly HSB 715 .)

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Bill History

2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 348 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to camping, including emergency safety requirements at campgrounds located in floodplains.(Formerly HSB 715 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2626

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2626

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

PUBLIC

SAFETY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

715)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

camping,

including

emergency

safety

1

requirements

at

campgrounds

located

in

floodplains.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

466D.1

Emergency

systems

——

1

campgrounds.

2

1.

For

purposes

of

this

section:

3

a.

“Campground”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

section

557B.l.

4

b.

“Department”

means

the

department

of

natural

resources.

5

c.

“Floodplain”

means

the

same

as

“floodplains”

as

defined

6

in

section

455B.261.

7

2.

A

campground

operating

in

a

floodplain

in

the

state

of

8

Iowa

shall

have

all

of

the

following:

9

a.

An

emergency

alarm

system

installed

and

operating

10

within

the

campground

that

can

function

without

an

internet

11

connection.

12

b.

Emergency

evacuation

directions

posted

in

all

occupied

13

structures.

14

3.

The

department

shall

have

the

power

and

authority

15

reasonably

necessary

to

effectuate

this

section.

16

EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

This

bill

relates

to

camping,

including

emergency

safety

20

requirements

at

campgrounds

located

in

floodplains.

The

bill

21

requires

a

campground

operating

in

a

floodplain

in

Iowa

to

have

22

an

emergency

alarm

system

that

can

function

without

an

internet

23

connection

and

to

post

emergency

evacuation

directions

in

all

24

occupied

structures.

The

bill

authorizes

the

department

of

25

natural

resources

to

effectuate

the

bill.

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