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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2536: Allowing vehicles transporting certain agricultural commodities on noninterstate highways to exceed maximum gross weight limits, and making penalties applicable

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Current law limits the maximum gross weight of a vehicle based on the number of axles and the distance between the axles on the vehicle. The department of transportation and local authorities may issue certain permits for vehicles which exceed the maximum allowable gross weights. This bill makes permanent certain directives ordered by governors in proclamations issued during the harvest season suspending certain regulatory provisions relating to the gross weight of vehicles transporting agricultural commodities.

Sponsors

Transportation committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

1 million to reevaluate the Iowa DOT-owned bridges, which would be federally required to be analyzed. 8 million in order to complete the federally required bridge analysis of the bridges that belong to cities and counties. The Bill is anticipated to have an un…

House subcommittee · named February 2, 2022

  • Rep. Norlin Mommsen (R) · norlin.mommsen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Steven P. Bradley (R) · steven.bradley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. John Forbes (D)

Lobbying · 6 for, 9 against

For: Agribusiness Association of Iowa; Iowa Cattlemen's Association; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Institute for Cooperatives; Iowa Pork Producers Association; Iowa Soybean Association

Against: BNSF Railway Co.; Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad; Burlington Junction Railway; CN Rail; Iowa County Engineers Association; Iowa Interstate Railroad; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Union Pacific Railroad; Urban County Coalition

In plain words

  1. February 2, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Transportation committee · as HSB 655
  2. February 2, 2022House subcommittee named: Mommsen, Bradley and Forbes · as HSB 655
  3. February 10, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes · as HSB 655
  4. February 17, 2022Approved by the House committee · as HSB 655
  5. February 24, 2022Filed in the House
  6. February 24, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2536 · as HSB 655
  7. March 7, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2536