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Relating to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the loss calculation for specified insurance settlements of automobile partial or total losses, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)
Topics:Business & economy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the loss calculation for insurance settlements of automobile partial or total losses. The bill requires a person to include the value of any child restraint systems that are located in an automobile at the time the automobile is subject to a partial or total loss. “Automobile” is defined in the bill as a motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying nine passengers or less, excluding motorcycles and motorized bicycles.
Read the full explanation
213. The bill applies to automobile losses for automobiles that are subject to a partial or total loss occurring on or after July 1, 2025.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 5, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§507B.4D
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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91st General Assembly
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 499 Relating to the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in the loss calculation …90th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.