---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to operating-while-intoxicated offenses, including temporary restricted licenses and ignition interlock devices, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to operating-while-intoxicated offenses, including temporary restricted licenses and ignition interlock devices, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 2261"
citation: "Iowa SF 2261 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal law", "defendants", "driver's licenses", "driving", "ignition interlock devices", "operating while intoxicated", "transportation department", "vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b49f64ce-45be-4fb5-aa8d-9aafb7714865"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2261&ga=90"
source_hash: "efd80aee2948c93e1711b9f0c13099bb074695a0fab91d94b5d98e4406f7aaf9"
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 2261 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to operating-while-intoxicated offenses, including temporary restricted licenses and ignition interlock devices, providing penalties, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

## 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/SF2261.html)
2. **Amendment S-5108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5108.pdf)
3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/SF2261.html)
4. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/SF2261.html)
5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/SF2261_GovLetter.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF2261.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **87–7** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **39–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2024-03-29** Fiscal note.
- **2024-04-01** Amendment S-5108 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate, yeas 39, nays 8. `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Immediate message.
- **2024-04-02** Message from Senate.
- **2024-04-02** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-03** Fiscal note.
- **2024-04-03** Substituted for HF 2423.
- **2024-04-03** Passed House, yeas 87, nays 7. `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-04-03** Immediate message.
- **2024-04-04** Message from House.
- **2024-04-18** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b49f64ce-45be-4fb5-aa8d-9aafb7714865`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).