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Votes at a glance: summary of bills the Iowa Senate passed on final reading

Senate · March 24, 2024
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Summary

A set of bills covering rail-police cooperation, hunting licenses, privacy offenses, e-bike definitions, vehicle recyclers, home garden protections and recordkeeping passed on final reading; most were approved unanimously or by large margins and were ordered messaged as the Senate adjourned.

The Iowa Senate on final reading passed multiple bills during the session. Below is a concise summary of substantive items the chamber read for the final time and declared passed by constitutional majority.

- Senate File 62: Requires railway special agents (railroad police) to cooperate with city, county and state law enforcement when investigating criminal offenses or crashes; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Shipley.)

- Senate File 148: Allows qualifying landowners and tenants to obtain open-season turkey licenses for both spring and fall seasons but limits harvest to 1 turkey; final…

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