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

SF 2036: Requiring pilot car escorts for the movement of certain implements of husbandry, 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

Under current law, the size, weight, and load requirements under Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road) do not apply to implements of husbandry when moved upon a highway that is not part of the interstate road system, with certain exceptions.383, including as amended by this bill. The bill requires a pilot car to accompany an implement of husbandry being operated on a highway if the width of the implement of husbandry exceeds feet or if any part of the implement of husbandry extends over or beyond the center of the roadway.

Sponsors

Sen. Tom Shipley (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 14, 2026

  • Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. January 13, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Transportation committee
  2. January 14, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Kraayenbrink, Shipley and Townsend

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/SF2036