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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HSB 637: Relating to nonvehicular personal transportation, including bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and pedestrian conveyances, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

_____ the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill regulates persons riding a bicycle, including a low-speed electric bicycle, or using an electric personal assistive mobility device or pedestrian conveyance when used to move the person using the conveyance. For purposes of the bill, “device” refers to all of these modes of transportation. Under current law, a person riding a bicycle on the highway is subject to the provisions of Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road) and has all the rights and duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions which by their nature can have no application and those provisions for which specific exceptions have been set forth regarding police bicycles.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 28, 2026

  • Rep. Bob Henderson (R) · robert.henderson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Christian A. Hermanson (R) · christian.hermanson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Bob Kressig (D) · bob.kressig@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 2 against

For: Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum)

Against: AARP Iowa; Iowa Bicycle Coalition

In plain words

  1. January 28, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee
  2. January 28, 2026House subcommittee named: Henderson, Hermanson and Kressig

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HSB637