Bills › 91st General Assembly
Prohibiting state and local regulations on fuel-powered equipment based on the equipment’s fuel source
Topics:Energy & utilitiesCities & counties
Same legislation: HF 860
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 19, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 19, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 4, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 860
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 860 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 860 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Government agencies and local towns cannot pass rules that stop people from owning, using, or fixing tools that run on specific types of fuel. These rules also prevent the government from forcing stores to carry certain fuel-powered equipment or parts just because of how they are powered.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits a government entity, including a state department or political subdivision, from adopting or continuing in effect a regulation that prohibits a person from possessing, storing, transferring, acquiring, operating, maintaining, repairing, or reusing fuel-powered equipment or H.F. _____ parts thereof because such equipment is manufactured to be powered by a specific fuel source. The bill also prohibits a government entity from requiring a seller of fuel-powered equipment or parts thereof to sell or maintain an inventory of fuel-powered equipment or parts thereof solely because the equipment is manufactured to be powered by a specific fuel source.
House subcommittee
Named February 19, 2025. On March 3, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
14 for · 0 against · 11 undecided · Who →
Family tree
Study bill
91st General Assembly