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HF 540Renumbered as HF 697 · February 28, 2025

Relating to the operation of an all-terrain vehicle modified to carry an additional person as a passenger

Sponsored by Rep. Carter F. Nordman (R)

Topics:Transportation

Same legislation: HF 697

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Also covers HF 697.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 20, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 24, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 26, 2025
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 697 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 697 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

Under current law, a person is prohibited from operating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) with more persons on the ATV than the ATV was designed to carry, unless the person is operating an ATV as part of a farm operation. A person who violates this provision commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of $135. This bill provides an exception to the ATV passenger limit for a person operating an ATV that is modified to carry no more than one additional person so long as the modification is an aftermarket product or original equipment manufacturer product that is both specifically designed to carry a person as a passenger on the type of ATV to which the product is secured and is manufactured for commercial sale.

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 February 24, 2025. On February 26, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321I.14

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

2 for · 2 against · 4 undecided · Who →

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

91st General Assembly

HF 540RenumberedHF 697Cleared committeefrom HF 540

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