House passes 30-year Iowa resilience plan bill requiring statewide risk assessments and periodic reports
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Summary
House File 2511 directs a multiagency resilience plan led by the Iowa Flood Center, requires projections for hazards, and establishes reporting deadlines; sponsors framed it as a long-term investment in infrastructure and community resilience.
The Iowa House passed House File 2511, a bill described by sponsors as a 30‑year blueprint for statewide resilience that directs multiagency planning for flooding, drought and other long‑term hazards.
Representative Wills (sponsor) told members the bill mandates temporal, seasonal and spatial projections for hazards and requires a master plan to guide protection of schools, hospitals, agricultural lands and other critical assets (SEG 111–124). Amendments adopted on the floor adjusted the plan’s completion date (moving requirements to 2028 in amendment H8046) and moved plan oversight to the Department of Homeland Security; both amendments were adopted before the House approved the bill (SEG 148–178).
Representative Kurth spoke in favor, noting Iowa’s prior high ranking among states impacted by emergencies and supporting a yes vote (SEG 182–195). Wills closed by characterizing HF2511 as a necessary step to move from reactive to proactive planning and moved the bill for final passage. The House recorded a unanimous‑leaning vote in the record (Yes 89, No 0, Absent 11 as read into the transcript). The bill now heads to the Senate.