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

HF 2639: Relating to vehicle registration plates, including registration plate frames and Gadsden flag special registration plates

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

What it does

This bill relates to vehicle registration plates. The bill authorizes the department of transportation (DOT) to design and issue Gadsden flag special registration plates. The bill requires the plate’s background to be yellow at the top and bottom, with the color fading into white in the center. The plate’s numbers and letters must be black. The left side of the plate must contain the image of a rattlesnake in black and white coiled on green grass. The phrase “Don’t Tread on Me” must appear at the bottom of the plate.

Sponsors

Ways and Means (successor To Hsb 615) committee

Cost

Cost: up to $19,000

Figure 1 shows the total revenue estimated to result from personalized and nonpersonalized Gadsden Flag license plates. There will also be a one-time cost of $19,000 to the RUTF for plate production.

Senate subcommittee · named March 18, 2024

  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
  • Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.

Against: Brady United Against Gun Violence

In plain words

  1. February 28, 2024Filed in the House
  2. March 5, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 6, 2024Passed the House, 60–34
  4. March 7, 2024Arrived in the Senate
  5. March 11, 2024Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
  6. March 18, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Dotzler and Schultz
  7. March 27, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  8. April 4, 2024Approved by the Senate committee

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/90/HF2639