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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2386: Relating to pedestrians, and making penalties applicable

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, for purposes of Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road), “pedestrian” means any person afoot. This bill amends the definition to include a person using a pedestrian conveyance, as defined in the bill.1(20B)) and electric-powered devices that produce less than 750 watts are specifically included as a pedestrian conveyance.366. In Code chapter 321, the term “pedestrian” is used for purposes relating to required driver education awareness instruction, official traffic-control signals directing pedestrian traffic, and requirements for persons operating a motor vehicle to yield or give signals to pedestrians.

Sponsors

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Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Bicycle Coalition

In plain words

  1. February 8, 2024Filed 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 Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2386