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

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 passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Shipley.)

- Senate File 150: Creates a separate criminal offense for each pictorial representation of a minor in exploitation cases, to help prosecutors pursue images as individual offenses; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Westrich.)

- Senate File 289: Amends invasion-of-privacy statute to criminalize possession of an offending photo or film without legitimate purpose; Amendment 30-21 (clarifying investigators may possess images while working) adopted; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Green.)

- Senate File 423: Adjusts youth deer-tag rules to give young hunters an additional opportunity; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Costello.)

- Senate File 490: Changes definition of low-speed electric bicycle to specify devices that produce not more than 750 watts; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Lofgren.)

- Senate File 492: Requires vehicle recyclers to verify no lienholders exist before acquiring certain older vehicles, using DOT electronic records; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Shipley.)

- Senate File 494: Protects home vegetable gardens from certain local zoning restrictions; Amendment 30-43 adopted; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Westrich.)

- Senate File 593: Requires county auditors to prepare parcel records for drainage districts and county recorders to update records; Amendment 30-40 adopted; final passage recorded (ayes 49, nays 0). (Introduced by Senator Sweeney.)

All of the above items were read for the final time and, where recorded on the roll call provided in the transcript, were declared passed by a constitutional majority. Several were messaged immediately to the next stage as the Senate adjourned.