Legislation: batch A — AK AL AR AZ CO CT DE GA HI IA ID

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legislation/us/states/ia/2023-2024/sf-144.md

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to an assault involving a laser pointed toward an aircraft, and making penalties applicable."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to an assault involving a laser pointed toward an aircraft, and making penalties applicable."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SF 144"
+citation: "Iowa SF 144 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["aircraft", "assault", "criminal offenders", "felonies", "lasers", "misdemeanors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-26"
+last_action: "2024-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34d4a485-e17f-4909-91d9-2f20831cd7c8"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 144&ga=90"
+source_hash: "d7e0b7b9cd68f1f4dc64781e4bca36e112518dbea291968bf7faaf078f1851f6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa SF 144 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to an assault involving a laser pointed toward an aircraft, and making penalties applicable.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/SF144.html)
+2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/SF144_GovLetter.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF144.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-26** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2023-01-26** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-31** Fiscal note.
+- **2023-03-14** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2023-03-14** Immediate message.
+- **2023-03-14** Message from Senate.
+- **2023-03-14** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Subcommittee: Thompson, P., Scheetz and Wheeler.
+- **2023-03-27** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/28/2023 8:15AM House Lounge.
+- **2023-03-28** Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Subcommittee: Thompson, P., Scheetz and Wheeler.
+- **2024-02-29** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2024 8:00AM House Lounge.
+- **2024-03-05** Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-0. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-07** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Placed on calendar.
+- **2024-03-18** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Immediate message.
+- **2024-03-18** Message from House.
+- **2024-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
+- **2024-04-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-03** Fiscal note.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34d4a485-e17f-4909-91d9-2f20831cd7c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+