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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HF 509: Relating to parking spaces designated for charging electric motor vehicles, and providing penalties

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 it does

This bill prohibits a person from parking a motor vehicle that is not an electric motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, in a parking space designated for charging the batteries or other energy storage devices of electric motor vehicles. A violation of this provision is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50.210, excluding the parking violation from being considered by the department of transportation for purposes of driver’s license suspension.555(2).8106, providing for an $8 fee charged by the clerk of court to file and docket complaints for parking violations.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. February 25, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Transportation committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF509