republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-2426.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.	A bill for an act relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 2426	Iowa SF 2426 (2025-2026)	bill	commercial vehicles common carriers driver's licenses driving english language english learners motor carriers road use tax fund transportation department	enacted		15	38	2	2026-02-23	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f2153c9b-1b83-410c-8712-556dd04e886d	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2426&ga=91	e9da4ddeb6424f121f5ca30180b33ee3e219a7fe18d3ec5815e6d3815cccf05d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 2426 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to sufficient English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8060 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8061 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8065 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-8265 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-8273 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment H-8337 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment S-5029 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment S-5148 (committee substitute) — source
10. Amendment S-5156 (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
12. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
13. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
14. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
15. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 39–5 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-23 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2026-02-23 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Fiscal note.
• 2026-02-25 Amendment S-5029 filed, adopted. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-25 Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. passage
• 2026-02-25 Immediate message.
• 2026-02-25 Message from Senate.
• 2026-02-26 Read first time, passed on file. reading-1
• 2026-02-26 Fiscal note.
• 2026-02-26 Amendments H-8060 and H-8061 filed.
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal note.
• 2026-03-02 Amendments H-8065, H-8081 and H-8087 filed.
• 2026-03-19 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2026-03-25 Amendment H-8265 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31 Substituted for HF 2700.
• 2026-03-31 Amendments H-8060, H-8081 and H-8087 withdrawn.
• 2026-03-31 Amendment H-8273 to amendment H-8265, yeas 63, nays 28, filed, adopted.
• 2026-03-31 Amendment H-8265 adopted, as amended. amendment-passage
• 2026-03-31 Amendments H-8061 and H-8065 out of order.
• 2026-03-31 Passed House, yeas 68, nays 24. passage
• 2026-03-31 Immediate message.
• 2026-03-31 Message from House, with amendment S-5148.
• 2026-04-01 Fiscal note.
• 2026-04-06 Amendment S-5156 to S-5148 filed.
• 2026-04-08 Amendment S-5156 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-04-08 Senate concurred with S-5148, as amended.
• 2026-04-08 Passed Senate, yeas 39, nays 5. passage
• 2026-04-08 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-08 Message from Senate.
• 2026-04-08 Senate amendment H-8337 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-15 House concurred in Senate amendment H-8337.
• 2026-04-15 Passed House, yeas 73, nays 22. passage
• 2026-05-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-04-15 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-16 Message from House.
• 2026-05-02 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2026-05-27 Fiscal note.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2153c9b-1b83-410c-8712-556dd04e886d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).