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

HF 345: Establishing a scenic byways enhancement fund, including by providing for voluntary contributions to the fund, and including effective date provisions

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 creates a scenic byways enhancement fund and appropriates moneys in the fund to the department of transportation (DOT) for the support, development, maintenance, and enhancement, including litter prevention, of scenic byways. For each application to renew the registration of a vehicle, the county treasurer or the DOT is required to request that an applicant make a voluntary contribution of $1 or more, computed to the nearest whole dollar, to the scenic byways enhancement fund. Up to percent of the moneys collected by the county may be retained by the county treasurer for deposit in the general fund of the county. The bill takes effect January 1, 2024.

Cost

See the fiscal note

At this time, it is difficult to determine the overall contributions to the Scenic Byways Enhancement Fund and whether any contributions would displace contributions previously made to the Anatomical Gift Public Awareness and Transplantation Fund.

Senate subcommittee · named March 20, 2023

Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. T. Taylor

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce; Iowa Recycling Association; Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations (ISOSWO)

In plain words

February 20, 2023Filed in the House
February 21, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
March 9, 2023Passed the House, 96–0
March 13, 2023Arrived in the Senate
March 20, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Zumbach, Koelker and T. Taylor