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

SF 2347: Relating to annual all-systems permits issued by the department of transportation for vehicles of excessive weight, and including effective date provisions

Became SF 2376 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

463 limits the gross weight of a vehicle based on the highway of travel and the number of axles and the distance between the axles on the vehicle. Generally, vehicles are allowed to have a maximum gross weight of up to 80,000 pounds on any highway, and commercial motor vehicles with six or seven axles are allowed to have a gross weight of up to 96,000 pounds on noninterstate highways.463, Code chapter 321E authorizes single-trip, multi-trip, and annual permits for vehicles of excessive size and weight.

Sponsors

Transportation committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

3 million per year. The DOT’s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) estimates a one-time cost of $40,000 to pay the vendor to update the programming of the Iowa Automated Permitting System. There is also a one-time estimated cost of $8,000 to create a new embargo map f…

Senate subcommittee · named February 23, 2022

  • Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. T. Taylor

Lobbying · 8 for, 6 against

For: Agribusiness Association of Iowa; Associated General Contractors of Iowa; Iowa Cattlemen's Association; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Poultry Association; Iowa Soybean Association; Iowa State Dairy Association; Iowa Turkey Federation

Against: BNSF Railway Co.; CN Rail; Iowa Interstate Railroad; Linn County Board of Supervisors; Union Pacific Railroad; Urban County Coalition

In plain words

  1. February 21, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 21, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 23, 2022Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
  4. February 23, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Sweeney and T. Taylor
  5. March 2, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  6. March 21, 2022Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2376

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/SF2347