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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 20, 2021
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
In 2015, the general assembly authorized motor trucks, trailers, tractors, truck-mounted snow blowers, and motor graders owned by the department of transportation and used for snow and ice treatment or removal to display rear-facing blue and white lighting devices or reflectors in conjunction with amber lighting devices or reflectors. These authorizations were set to be repealed July 1, 2019. In 2018, the general assembly struck these future repeal provisions. This bill applies those authorizations to such vehicles owned by the state or any political subdivision of the state, including any local authority.
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Under Code chapter 321, a “local authority” is any county, municipal, and other local board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations under the constitution and laws of the state. The bill allows authorized emergency vehicles to be equipped with a variety of lighting devices, including flashing headlamps, flashing or solid white lights, split red and blue steady or flashing lights, and lights or light bars containing one or more rear zone amber lights or amber directional arrows. The bill requires authorized emergency vehicles to be equipped with a combination of operational red and blue lights, and if equipped with a light bar, requires the light bar to be positioned such that the front and rear facing red lights are on the driver’s side of the vehicle and the front and rear facing blue lights are on the passenger’s side of the vehicle. In addition, an incident command vehicle may be equipped with one or more steady or flashing green lights. However, a towing or recovery vehicle, unless owned by the state or a municipality, is prohibited from being equipped with red and blue lights and a siren.433 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $45.424 are also punishable by a scheduled fine of $45.
House subcommittee
Named January 20, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§321.424
Lobbying
4 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- SF 478 Relating to lighting devices and other equipment on snow plows and authorized emergency ve…88th General Assembly · Passed Senate · similarPassed a chamber
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