---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to theft, forgery, and fraud involving a gift card, and providing penalties. Effective date: 07/01/2025."
description: "A bill for an act relating to theft, forgery, and fraud involving a gift card, and providing penalties. Effective date: 07/01/2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 266"
citation: "Iowa SF 266 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal law", "felonies", "forgery", "fraud", "gift certificates", "misdemeanors", "theft"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEBSTER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec3b1e0f-985c-4474-8b33-1a14fb757bef"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 266&ga=91"
source_hash: "d963bc5158d00c04091a760f1756fdbf3e6968a3e5e1718dbae895a148042f98"
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 266 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to theft, forgery, and fraud involving a gift card, and providing penalties. Effective date: 07/01/2025.

## 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/SF266.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF266.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF266_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/SF266.pdf)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WEBSTER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Introduced, referred to Judiciary. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Subcommittee: Webster, Blake, and Reichman.
- **2025-03-03** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2025 10:00AM Senate Lounge.
- **2025-03-04** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-03-11** Fiscal note.
- **2025-03-12** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-12** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-12** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-03-19** Substituted for HF 842.
- **2025-03-19** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-20** Message from House.
- **2025-04-17** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-04-18** 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/ec3b1e0f-985c-4474-8b33-1a14fb757bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).