Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit
Sponsored by Rep. Joshua Meggers (R)
Topics:K–12 educationPublic safety & emergenciesTransportation
Same legislation: HF 2496
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 10, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2496 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2496 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
Under current law, the speed limit in a school district is miles per hour (MPH). Each school district must be marked by distinctive signs as provided by the current manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted by the department of transportation and placed on the highway at the limits of such school district. For purposes of Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road), “school district” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway for a distance of 200 feet in either direction from a schoolhouse in a city.
Read the full explanation
This bill reduces the speed limit from MPH to MPH in a school district.290(2)) are authorized to determine and declare a reduced speed limit that is reasonable and proper on secondary roads or city streets, as applicable, based on an engineering and traffic investigation. Such speed limit becomes effective when proper and appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit are erected. The bill authorizes a county or city, as applicable, when updating speed limit signs as a result of the bill, to attach nonpermanent overlays or stickers approved by the department of transportation to existing speed limit signs in order to display the new speed limit. The nonpermanent overlays or stickers may be used until the applicable speed limit sign is replaced based on the county’s or city’s respective replacement schedule and any applicable specifications or requirements.36 (state parks and preserves), commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine that varies depending on the excessive speed. The fine ranges from $30 for a speed in excess of the limit by not more than MPH to $135 plus $5 for each MPH of excessive speed over MPH over the limit. The bill increases the scheduled fine for excessive speed over MPH over the limit to $285 plus $5 for each MPH of excessive speed over MPH over the limit.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named January 13, 2026. On January 26, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
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Lobbying
5 for · 0 against · 11 undecided · Who →
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Similar bills
- HF 178 Relating to the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit91st General Assembly · Passed HouseNearly identical
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.