republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2019-2020/sf-526.md

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Bill	A bill for an act creating a blue alert program within the department of public safety for the apprehension of a person suspected of killing or seriously injuring a peace officer in the line of duty or due to safety concerns for a peace officer missing while on duty. (Formerly SSB 1167.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	A bill for an act creating a blue alert program within the department of public safety for the apprehension of a person suspected of killing or seriously injuring a peace officer in the line of duty or due to safety concerns for a peace officer missing while on duty. (Formerly SSB 1167.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2019-2020	SF 526	Iowa SF 526 (2019-2020)	bill	criminal offenders emergency communications law enforcement law enforcement officers public safety department	enacted		5	22	2	2019-03-07	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/7af76379-599b-4db6-830c-60884bd9c2d6	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 526&ga=88	ae994be7a76bbfb5822603e4c8952c3ef7e48562cb53fa4d896a9dc1aa1783eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 526 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act creating a blue alert program within the department of public safety for the apprehension of a person suspected of killing or seriously injuring a peace officer in the line of duty or due to safety concerns for a peace officer missing while on duty. (Formerly SSB 1167.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment S-3081 (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-07 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2019-03-07 Committee report, approving bill.
• 2019-03-27 Amendment S-3081 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2019-03-27 Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. passage
• 2019-03-27 Immediate message.
• 2019-03-28 Message from Senate.
• 2019-03-28 Read first time, referred to State Government. reading-1
• 2019-03-28 Subcommittee: Hinson, Derry and Mitchell.
• 2019-03-28 Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2019 12:30PM House Lounge.
• 2019-04-03 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2019-04-11 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2019-04-27 Rereferred to Judiciary.
• 2020-02-19 Subcommittee: Lohse, Klein and Olson.
• 2020-02-25 Subcommittee Meeting: 02/26/2020 2:30PM House Lounge.
• 2020-02-26 Subcommittee recommends passage.
• 2020-03-05 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2020-03-05 Placed on calendar
• 2020-06-12 Passed House, yeas 97, nays none. passage
• 2020-06-12 Immediate message.
• 2020-06-12 Message from House.
• 2020-06-24 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2020-06-29 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7af76379-599b-4db6-830c-60884bd9c2d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).