SF62 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to railway special agents.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: KLIMESH
Last action: 2026-01-20
Official status: Subcommittee: Meggers, Gosa and Meyer, A. H.J. 126 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to railway special agents.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to railway special agents.

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Bill History

2026-01-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Meggers, Gosa and Meyer, A. H.J. 126 .
2025-12-31 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature
Tabled until future meeting.
2025-03-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 12:00PM RM 304.1.
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Young, Williams and Wilson. H.J. 852 .
2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Transportation. H.J. 778 .
2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature
Message from Senate. H.J. 776 .
2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. S.J. 613 .
2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature
Passed Senate , yeas 49, nays 0. S.J. 608 .
2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar.
2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 370 .
2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2025 2:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Shipley, Quirmbach, and Reichman. S.J. 136 .
2025-01-16 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 106 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to railway special agents.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Senate

File

62

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

62

BY

KLIMESH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

railway

special

agents.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

80.25,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

1

follows:

2

80.25

Railway

special

agents.

3

1.

The

commissioner

of

public

safety

may

appoint

as

4

special

agent

any

person

who

is

regularly

employed

by

a

common

5

carrier

by

rail

railroad

corporation

to

protect

the

property

6

of

said

common

carrier

railroad

corporation

,

its

patrons,

7

and

employees.

Such

special

agents

shall

not

receive

any

8

compensation

from

the

state.

9

2.

A

railway

special

agent

shall

cooperate

with

city,

10

county,

and

state

law

enforcement

when

investigating

a

criminal

11

offense

or

crash

involving

a

resident

of

or

property

located

12

within

the

state.

13

3.

For

purposes

of

this

section,

“railroad

corporation”

14

means

the

same

as

defined

in

section

327D.2.

15

EXPLANATION

16

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

17

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

18

This

bill

relates

to

railway

special

agents.

19

The

bill

provides

that

a

railway

special

agent

shall

20

cooperate

with

city,

county,

and

state

law

enforcement

when

21

investigating

a

criminal

offense

or

crash

involving

a

resident

22

of

or

property

located

within

the

state.

23

The

bill

defines

“railroad

corporation”

to

mean

the

same

as

24

provided

in

Code

section

327D.2.

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