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Exempting hydroexcavation equipment from certain size, weight, load, and permit requirements on highways
Sponsored by the House Transportation (companion To Sf 154 By Committee on Transportation) Committee
Topics:Transportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 1, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 9, 202395–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 1, 202348–1
- Done: To the GovernorMarch 22, 2023
- Done: Signed into lawMarch 22, 2023
SF 154 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 154, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 154 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Certain digging and excavation machines would no longer need special permits to travel on Iowa roads that are not interstates. This change allows these vehicles to follow the same size and weight rules as fire trucks and farm equipment. Unlike some other exempt vehicles, these machines would not have to follow extra rules regarding special lighting or specific times of day for driving.1
Read the official explanation
453(1) exempts certain motor vehicles and equipment from most provisions of Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road) governing size, weight, and load, and the permit requirements of Code chapter 321E (vehicles of excessive size and weight). Such motor vehicles and equipment include fire apparatus, certain road maintenance equipment, implements of husbandry when moved or moving upon a highway that is not a portion of the interstate, and certain equipment used primarily for construction of permanent conservation practices on agricultural land when moved or moving upon a highway that is not a portion of the interstate. This bill adds hydroexcavation equipment used primarily for digging and excavation to the list of exempt motor vehicles and equipment, when such vehicles are moved or moving upon a highway that is not a portion of the interstate.474 (restrictions by the department of transportation), which include a number of weight restrictions and certain permit provisions.453(2), exempted implements of husbandry and agricultural conservation equipment are subject to additional lighting, warning flag, and time-of-day operation requirements. The bill does not add hydroexcavation equipment to this provision.
House subcommittee
Named January 17, 2023 (as HSB 36). On January 24, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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