SF 212: Relating to the speed limit on unpaved roads under county jurisdiction, and making penalties applicable

What it does

Under current law, the maximum speed limit on roads under county jurisdiction (secondary roads) is miles per hour, unless such roads are not surfaced with concrete or asphalt, in which case the maximum speed limit is miles per hour at any time between sunrise and sunset and miles per hour at any time between sunset and sunrise. This bill reduces the maximum speed limit on secondary roads to miles per hour if such roads are not surfaced with concrete or asphalt, regardless of daylight. The bill authorizes a county, when updating speed limit signs as a result of the bill, to attach nonpermanent overlays or stickers approved by the department of transportation to existing speed limit signs in order to display the new speed limit.

Senate subcommittee · named February 10, 2025

• Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. February 4, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Transportation committee
2. February 10, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Klimesh, Townsend and Zumbach