republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-257.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to the display of a validation sticker on a vehicle registration plate.	A bill for an act relating to the display of a validation sticker on a vehicle registration plate.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 257	Iowa SF 257 (2025-2026)	bill	driving license plates motor vehicle registration transportation department	enacted		4	18	2	2025-02-11	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/40aa8ef6-98bc-47b4-a0cb-77a933bc1813	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 257&ga=91	23dc9c5f40688acf9f8903cdfd0cec8696ec4a5b9746c53f2f63dc499c62ec7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 257 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the display of a validation sticker on a vehicle registration plate.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
3. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-02-11 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2025-03-17 Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. passage
• 2025-03-17 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-17 Message from Senate.
• 2025-03-18 Read first time, referred to Transportation. reading-1
• 2025-03-26 Subcommittee: Henderson, Gosa and Wood.
• 2025-03-26 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 8:00AM RM 304.1.
• 2025-03-27 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2025-03-31 Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2.
• 2025-04-01 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-10 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-04-21 Passed House, yeas 91, nays 0. passage
• 2025-04-21 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-22 Message from House.
• 2025-05-06 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2025-05-06 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/40aa8ef6-98bc-47b4-a0cb-77a933bc1813. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).