SSB 3134 (LSB 5147XL (2) 91)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the display of flags at half-staff on public buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 1B.3, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   1B.3  Flags on public buildings.
   1.  As used in this section, “public building” means a vertical improvement, as defined in section 15J.2, used for a public purpose by the state or a political subdivision of the state.
   2.  It shall be the duty of any A board of public officers charged with providing supplies for a public building in the state to shall provide a suitable state flag, and it shall be the duty of the custodian of that public building to shall raise the flags of the United States of America and the state of Iowa, upon each secular day when weather conditions are favorable.
   3.  The custodian and the board of public officers of a public building in the state shall have the flags of the United States of America and the state of Iowa flown at half-staff when so directed by a proclamation issued by the governor.
   4.  A person may report an alleged violation of subsection 3 to the attorney general. The attorney general may initiate an action in the name of the state, including but not limited to an action for injunctive relief, to obtain compliance with subsection 3.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the custodian and the board of public officers of a public building to comply with a proclamation issued by the governor for the flags of the United States and the state of Iowa to be flown at half-staff. The bill allows a person to report alleged violations to the attorney general, who may initiate a legal action to obtain compliance with the bill’s provisions.