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

HF 772: Relating to tort liability, including employer liability in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles and arising from an employee’s negligence, punitive or exemplary damages, and noneconomic damages available against owners or operators of commercial motor vehicles

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named March 1, 2021

  • Rep. Dave Deyoe (R)
  • Rep. Brian Meyer (D) · brian.meyer@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R) · carter.nordman@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 15 for, 4 against

For: American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA); Americans For Prosperity; Annett Holdings; Associated General Contractors of Iowa; CRST International; Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Insurance Associates; Iowa Insurance Institute; Iowa Motor Truck Association; Iowa Propane Gas Association; Ruan, Inc.; and 3 more

Against: Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

  1. March 1, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee · as HSB 259
  2. March 1, 2021House subcommittee named: Deyoe, Meyer, B. and Nordman · as HSB 259
  3. March 3, 2021Approved by the House committee · as HSB 259
  4. March 5, 2021Filed in the House
  5. March 5, 2021Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 772 · as HSB 259
  6. May 20, 2021Sent to the House Commerce committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF772