Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF902 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/10/2025

                            House File 902 - Introduced   HOUSE FILE 902   BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS   AFFAIRS   (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 244)   A BILL FOR   An Act concerning the display of the national league of 1   families POW/MIA flag. 2   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3   TLSB 2626HV (1) 91   sc/js  

  H.F. 902   Section 1. Section 1B.3, Code 2025, is amended to read as 1   follows: 2   1B.3 Flags on public buildings. 3   1.   It shall be the duty of any A board of public officers 4   charged with providing supplies for a public building in the 5   state to shall provide a suitable state flag , and it shall be 6   the duty of the custodian of that public building to shall 7   raise the flags of the United States of America and the state 8   of Iowa ,   upon each secular day when weather conditions are 9   favorable. 10   2.   The custodian of a public building is authorized to raise 11   the national league of families POW/MIA flag upon each secular 12   day when weather conditions are favorable. If a custodian of a 13   public building raises the national league of families POW/MIA   14   flag, the flag shall be flown second in order of precedence 15   directly underneath, or adjacent to, the flag of the United 16   States of America. 17   3.   To honor Iowa veterans who are missing in action or 18   prisoners of war, the national league of families POW/MIA flag   19   shall be flown at all state-owned buildings in accordance with 20   federal rules.   21   EXPLANATION 22   The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23   the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 24   This bill provides that a custodian of a public building 25   may raise the national league of families POW/MIA flag upon 26   each secular day when weather conditions are favorable. If the 27   national league of families POW/MIA flag is flown by a public 28   building, it must be flown second in order of precedence, 29   directly underneath, or adjacent to, the flag of the United 30   States of America. The bill requires all state-owned buildings 31   to display the national league of families POW/MIA flag in 32   accordance with federal rules. 33   -1-   LSB 2626HV (1) 91   sc/js   1/ 1