HF 2023: 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

What it does

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.

House subcommittee · named January 13, 2026

• Rep. Joshua Meggers (R) · joshua.meggers@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Bob Kressig (D) · bob.kressig@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. John H. Wills (R) · john.wills@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: AARP Iowa; City of Des Moines; Iowa Bicycle Coalition; Iowa State Bar Association; Iowa State Education Association

In plain words

1. January 13, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee
2. January 13, 2026House subcommittee named: Meggers, Kressig, Wills and J
3. January 26, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. February 10, 2026Approved by the House committee
5. February 10, 2026Committee vote: 23–0
6. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2496