SF2028 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to fire fighter training and certification.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: TAYLOR
Last action: 2026-02-10
Official status: Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to fire fighter training and certification.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to fire fighter training and certification.

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Bill History

2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
2026-02-09 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/10/2026 10:00AM Senate Lounge.
2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Westrich, Driscoll, and Townsend. S.J. 90 .
2026-01-12 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. S.J. 39 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to fire fighter training and certification.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Senate

File

2028

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2028

BY

TAYLOR

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

fire

fighter

training

and

certification.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

PUBLIC

SAFETY

——

FIRE

FIGHTER

TRAINING

AND

1

CERTIFICATION.

By

January

1,

2027,

the

department

of

public

2

safety

shall

revise

the

rules

relating

to

fire

fighter

training

3

and

certification

to

provide

that

a

person

who

committed

any

4

crime

as

an

adult

that

resulted

in

the

requirement

that

the

5

person

be

listed

on

a

sex

offender

registry,

and

the

person

is

6

currently

a

registered

sex

offender,

shall

not

be

certified

7

as

a

fire

fighter,

and

shall

not

serve

as

a

noncertified

fire

8

fighter

or

volunteer

fire

fighter.

9

EXPLANATION

10

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

11

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

12

This

bill

relates

to

fire

fighter

training

and

13

certification.

14

The

bill

directs

the

department

of

public

safety

to

revise

15

the

rules

relating

to

fire

fighter

training

and

certification

16

by

January

1,

2027,

to

provide

that

a

person

who

committed

any

17

crime

as

an

adult

that

resulted

in

the

requirement

that

the

18

person

be

listed

on

a

sex

offender

registry,

and

the

person

is

19

currently

a

registered

sex

offender,

shall

not

be

certified

20

as

a

fire

fighter,

and

shall

not

serve

as

a

noncertified

fire

21

fighter

or

volunteer

fire

fighter.

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