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

HF 2678: Relating to vehicles, including the initial registration and issuance of certificate of title by certain county treasurers and the definitions of terms for purposes of motor vehicle franchisers, providing fees, and including effective date provisions

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, a person must generally apply for vehicle registration and issuance of certificate of title to the county treasurer where the person resides or where the primary users of the vehicle are located. However, in 2016, the general assembly required the department of transportation (DOT) to develop and implement, by January 1, 2018, a program to allow for electronic applications, titling, registering, and funds transfers for vehicles subject to registration (program) in order to improve the efficiency and timeliness of the processes and to reduce costs for all parties involved.

Sponsors

Ways and Means (successor To Hsb 610) committee

Cost

Cost: up to $147,000

House File 2678 is estimated to increase revenues to the RUTF by $113,000 and to increase revenues to the county general funds by $5,000 in FY 2025. Additionally, there will be a one- time IT cost to the DOT of approximately $147,000 in FY 2025 for programming…

Senate subcommittee · named April 11, 2024

  • Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. T. Taylor

Lobbying · 4 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Automobile Dealers Association; Iowa Independent Automobile Dealers Association; Iowa Motorcycle Dealers Association; Iowa State County Treasurers Association

Against: Iowa State County Treasurers Association

In plain words

  1. April 1, 2024Filed in the House
  2. April 5, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. April 8, 2024Passed the House, 86–3
  4. April 9, 2024Arrived in the Senate
  5. April 11, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Rowley and T. Taylor
  6. April 11, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  7. April 15, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

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/HF2678