HF 2023 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit.

HF 2023 lowers the speed limit in school districts from 25 to 20 miles per hour and increases penalties for speeding over 20 mph above the limit. The bill raises the base fine for such speeding from $135 to $285, plus $5 for each additional mile per hour over the limit. It also allows counties or cities to temporarily update speed limit signs using approved overlays or stickers while replacing physical signs according to their schedules. This affects drivers in school zones, local governments responsible for signage, and law enforcement enforcing traffic laws. The changes apply to school districts defined as areas within 200 feet of a schoolhouse.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Feb 16, 2026
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Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Feb 16, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2496.
legislature
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 22, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/26/2026 12:30PM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Jan 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Meggers, Kressig and Wills, J.
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Public Safety.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Josh Meggers
RRepublican
IA
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