SF 390 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to vehicles operating with a permit for excessive size or weight, and providing fees.

This bill modifies Iowa's rules for vehicles operating with permits for excessive size or weight. It expands all-systems permits to cover most primary/secondary roads and truck-route-designated roads (excluding interstates and locally designated "not valid" roads), while requiring local authorities to justify road restrictions and cooperate on alternate routes if needed. The bill increases the allowable weight variance for permitted vehicles from 12% to 12.5% above standard limits and changes registration fees for single-trip permits to $4 per ton over 40 tons. It also removes a requirement that international shipping containers must contain only raw forest products. This directly affects commercial truck drivers, local governments managing road access, and the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Mar 3, 2025
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Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Dickey, Dotzler, and Gruenhagen.
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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