---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 2797"
citation: "Iowa HF 2797 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["emergency management", "fees", "labor and employment", "law enforcement", "law enforcement officers", "occupational safety and health", "rights", "safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-01"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19ff93b1-4554-4cce-9118-c007a337d0b8"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2797&ga=91"
source_hash: "3e8ed4fb6284206f0f7d559c6238e33fe896248e05654dbbd12765e85b5e9cb4"
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 HF 2797 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing fees.

## 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/91/attachments/HF2797.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF2797.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF2797_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF2797.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-01** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-05-02** Passed House, yeas 85, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Explanations of votes.
- **2026-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from House.
- **2026-05-02** Read first time, attached to SF 2504. `reading-1`
- **2026-05-03** Substituted for SF 2504.
- **2026-05-03** Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-05-03** Immediate message.
- **2026-05-02** Message from Senate.
- **2026-05-13** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-06-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19ff93b1-4554-4cce-9118-c007a337d0b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).