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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 197: Relating to signals at certain railroad grade crossings

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Under current law, wherever a railway track crosses a highway, street, or alley, the railway corporation owning such track and the department of transportation (DOT), in the case of primary highways, the board of supervisors of the county in which such crossing is located, in the case of secondary roads, or the council of the city, in the case of streets and alleys located within a city, may agree upon the location, manner, vacation, physical structure, characteristics, and maintenance of the crossing and flasher lights or gate arm signals at the crossing and allocation of costs thereof.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Transportation committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF197