republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-491.md

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Bill	A bill for an act prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over farm property, and making penalties applicable.	A bill for an act prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over farm property, and making penalties applicable.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 491	Iowa SF 491 (2025-2026)	bill	agricultural land aircraft airports commodities crops drones farming homesteads implements of husbandry livestock property real property surveillance	enacted		6	26	3	2025-03-04	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/c5e72b1d-7eb7-4b78-b492-b335570ae41c	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 491&ga=91	946d3d535047c14752cfea76a8ef4d90e3e6b866d89c74484019b305367c660d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 491 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act prohibiting the use of remotely piloted aircraft flying over farm property, and making penalties applicable.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-1215 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-3086 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
5. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 89–7 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 43–3 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 42–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-04 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-04 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2025-03-14 Fiscal note.
• 2025-03-17 Passed Senate, yeas 43, nays 3. passage
• 2025-03-17 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-17 Message from Senate.
• 2025-03-18 Read first time, referred to Agriculture. reading-1
• 2025-03-19 Subcommittee: Wulf, Scholten and Sexton.
• 2025-03-25 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/27/2025 8:45AM House Lounge.
• 2025-03-27 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-01 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. committee-passage
• 2025-04-01 Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 3.
• 2025-04-02 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-02 Committee amendment H-1215 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-08 Committee amendment H-1215 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-04-08 Passed House, yeas 89, nays 7. passage
• 2025-04-24 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-04-08 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-08 Message from House, with amendment S-3086.
• 2025-04-09 Fiscal note.
• 2025-04-28 Senate concurred with S-3086.
• 2025-04-28 Passed Senate, yeas 42, nays 8. passage
• 2025-04-28 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-29 Message from Senate.
• 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/c5e72b1d-7eb7-4b78-b492-b335570ae41c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).