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HF 2451Died when the session ended · February 19, 2020

Requiring certain percentages of new motor vehicles sold at retail in the state to be flexible fuel vehicles, and making penalties applicable

Topics:AgricultureTransportation

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 19, 2020
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Licensed motor vehicle dealers will be required to sell a certain percentage of flexible fuel vehicles, which are cars that can run on E-85 gasoline. These requirements will gradually increase over several years until all new vehicles sold by dealers must be flexible fuel vehicles by 2030. Dealers who do not follow these rules could face fines or lose their licenses.1

Read the official explanation

This bill requires that on and after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2027, at least percent of all new motor vehicles sold by a licensed dealer in new motor vehicles shall be flexible fuel vehicles. On and after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2030, at least percent of all new motor vehicles sold by a licensed dealer in new motor vehicles shall be flexible fuel vehicles. On and after January 1, 2030, all new motor vehicles sold by a licensed dealer in new motor vehicles shall be flexible fuel vehicles. A flexible fuel vehicle is a motor vehicle that is powered by an engine capable of operating using E-85 gasoline. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,500 or by imprisonment not to exceed days, and is subject to having the person’s motor vehicle dealer license revoked or suspended.

Full bill text2

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§322.37

How the Code works3

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