89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 47: Relating to lighted lamps on bicycles, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
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 requires a bicycle to have a front lighted lamp and either a rear lighted lamp or a rear reflector at any time from sunset to sunrise, and at such other times when conditions such as fog, snow, sleet, or rain provide insufficient lighting to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead. This bill requires every bicycle to have a front and rear lighted lamp during the stated periods of time, and strikes the provision allowing a bicycle to be equipped a rear reflector in lieu of the rear lighted lamp.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 19, 2021
- Sen. Waylon Brown (R)
- Sen. Eric Giddens (D)
- Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
In plain words
- January 12, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Transportation committee
- January 19, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Brown, Giddens and Zumbach
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF47