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A bill for an act relating to fire fighting foam purchased by government entities.(Formerly SSB 3099 .)

A bill for an act relating to fire fighting foam purchased by government entities.(Formerly SSB 3099 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Read first time, referred to Local Government. H.J. 638 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to fire fighting foam purchased by government entities.(Formerly SSB 3099 .)

A bill for an act relating to fire fighting foam purchased by government entities.(Formerly SSB 3099 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to fire fighting foam purchased by government entities.(Formerly SSB 3099 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, referred to Local Government. H.J. 638 .

  2. 2026-03-09 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 606 .

  3. 2026-03-09 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 502 .

  4. 2026-03-09 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 45, nays 0. S.J. 501 .

  5. 2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 320 .

  6. 2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 312 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to fire fighting foam purchased by government entities.(Formerly SSB 3099 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2375

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2375

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

3099)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

fire

fighting

foam

purchased

by

government

1

entities.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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6606SV

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2375

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

8A.316A

Fire

fighting

foam

——

1

master

contract.

2

The

department

shall

establish

a

master

contract

pursuant

3

to

section

8A.311A

for

the

purchase

of

fire

fighting

foam

4

from

a

seller

whose

product

contains

the

greatest

content

of

5

soybean-based

materials

without

containing

perfluoroalkyl

or

6

polyfluoroalkyl

substances

or

fluorine

components.

7

Sec.

2.

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

PURCHASES.

A

local

government

8

entity

with

authority

over

a

fire

department

shall

pass

an

9

ordinance

by

January

1,

2027,

determining

whether

the

entity

10

will

purchase

soybean-based

fire

fighting

foam.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

requires

the

department

of

administrative

services

15

(DAS)

to

establish

a

master

contract

for

the

purchase

of

16

fire

fighting

foam

from

a

seller

whose

product

contains

the

17

greatest

content

of

soybean-based

materials

without

containing

18

perfluoroalkyl

or

polyfluoroalkyl

substances

or

fluorine

19

components.

Under

current

law,

DAS

must

establish

master

20

contracts

on

a

competitive

basis,

and

the

purchase

of

a

good

21

or

service

pursuant

to

a

master

contract

is

deemed

to

satisfy

22

competitive

bidding

requirements.

Upon

the

establishment

of

23

a

master

contract

for

a

good

or

service,

a

state

agency

must

24

purchase

the

good

or

service

pursuant

to

the

master

contract,

25

unless

an

exception

applies.

Governmental

subdivisions

may

26

purchase

a

good

or

service

pursuant

to

a

DAS

master

contract.

27

The

bill

also

requires

local

governments

with

authority

over

28

a

fire

department

to

pass

an

ordinance

by

January

1,

2027,

29

determining

whether

the

entity

will

purchase

soybean-based

fire

30

fighting

foam.

31

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