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

SF 2376: Relating to annual all-systems permits issued by the department of transportation for vehicles of excessive weight, and including effective date provisions

Signed into law

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

Ways and Means (successor To Ssb 3106) committee

Cost

Cost: up to $40,000

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…

House subcommittee · named March 30, 2022

  • Rep. Lee Hein (R)
  • Rep. Monica Kurth (D) · monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. David E. Maxwell (R)

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. March 21, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. March 21, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 28, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 29, 2022Passed the Senate, 46–1
  5. March 30, 2022Arrived in the House
  6. March 30, 2022House subcommittee named: Hein, Kurth and Maxwell
  7. April 4, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
  8. April 5, 2022Approved by the House committee
  9. April 11, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  10. April 12, 2022Passed the House, 86–7
  11. April 12, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  12. April 18, 2022Passed the Senate, 48–1
  13. May 23, 2022Sent to the Governor
  14. May 23, 2022Signed into law
  15. June 27, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/SF2376