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HF902 • 2026

A bill for an act concerning the display of the national league of families POW/MIA flag.(Formerly HSB 244 .)

A bill for an act concerning the display of the national league of families POW/MIA flag.(Formerly HSB 244 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
Last action
2025-04-03
Official status
Referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 896 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act concerning the display of the national league of families POW/MIA flag.(Formerly HSB 244 .)

A bill for an act concerning the display of the national league of families POW/MIA flag.(Formerly HSB 244 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act concerning the display of the national league of families POW/MIA flag.(Formerly HSB 244 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature

    Referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 896 .

  2. 2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 571 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act concerning the display of the national league of families POW/MIA flag.(Formerly HSB 244 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

902

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

902

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

VETERANS

AFFAIRS

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

244)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

concerning

the

display

of

the

national

league

of

1

families

POW/MIA

flag.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

902

Section

1.

Section

1B.3,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

1

follows:

2

1B.3

Flags

on

public

buildings.

3

1.

It

shall

be

the

duty

of

any

A

board

of

public

officers

4

charged

with

providing

supplies

for

a

public

building

in

the

5

state

to

shall

provide

a

suitable

state

flag

,

and

it

shall

be

6

the

duty

of

the

custodian

of

that

public

building

to

shall

7

raise

the

flags

of

the

United

States

of

America

and

the

state

8

of

Iowa

,

upon

each

secular

day

when

weather

conditions

are

9

favorable.

10

2.

The

custodian

of

a

public

building

is

authorized

to

raise

11

the

national

league

of

families

POW/MIA

flag

upon

each

secular

12

day

when

weather

conditions

are

favorable.

If

a

custodian

of

a

13

public

building

raises

the

national

league

of

families

POW/MIA

14

flag,

the

flag

shall

be

flown

second

in

order

of

precedence

15

directly

underneath,

or

adjacent

to,

the

flag

of

the

United

16

States

of

America.

17

3.

To

honor

Iowa

veterans

who

are

missing

in

action

or

18

prisoners

of

war,

the

national

league

of

families

POW/MIA

flag

19

shall

be

flown

at

all

state-owned

buildings

in

accordance

with

20

federal

rules.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

This

bill

provides

that

a

custodian

of

a

public

building

25

may

raise

the

national

league

of

families

POW/MIA

flag

upon

26

each

secular

day

when

weather

conditions

are

favorable.

If

the

27

national

league

of

families

POW/MIA

flag

is

flown

by

a

public

28

building,

it

must

be

flown

second

in

order

of

precedence,

29

directly

underneath,

or

adjacent

to,

the

flag

of

the

United

30

States

of

America.

The

bill

requires

all

state-owned

buildings

31

to

display

the

national

league

of

families

POW/MIA

flag

in

32

accordance

with

federal

rules.

33

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