---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions. Effective date: 03/28/2025."
description: "A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions. Effective date: 03/28/2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 42"
citation: "Iowa SF 42 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["emergency medical care", "expenditures", "local option taxes", "medical care", "property taxes", "taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LOFGREN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d23e3b5-487d-4cdb-8676-d48fd69e003c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 42&ga=91"
source_hash: "8882527f0f46bc69b62384acbfc57bb172b251985a83ded08488a8845146d602"
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 42 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions. Effective date: 03/28/2025.

## 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/SF42.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF42.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF42_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF42.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LOFGREN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Introduced, referred to Local Government. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Subcommittee: Lofgren, Klimesh, and Wahls.
- **2025-01-15** Subcommittee Meeting: 01/16/2025 9:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
- **2025-01-16** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-10** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-10** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Substituted for HF 307.
- **2025-03-10** Passed House, yeas 89, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-03-10** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-10** Message from House.
- **2025-03-28** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-03-28** 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/0d23e3b5-487d-4cdb-8676-d48fd69e003c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).