Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to air medal special registration plates, and providing fees
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 26, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who earned the Air Medal for heroism during a flight can now get special license plates featuring an Air Medal emblem for free. If the person who earned the award passes away, their surviving spouse can also apply to use these plates. The money collected from anyone else who chooses to buy these plates will go toward Iowa's road use and veterans funds.1
Read the official explanation
This bill authorizes the department of transportation (DOT) to issue special registration plates bearing an air medal distinguishing processed emblem designed by the DOT in consultation with the adjutant general. The processed emblem must include a representation of the air medal. The air medal was established in 1942 and is awarded for single acts of heroism or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. A person who was awarded the air medal may apply to the DOT and present satisfactory proof of the award to order the plates. Under current law, the fee for the issuance of special registration plates with a processed emblem is $25 which is in addition to the regular annual registration fee. The bill provides that a person who is approved for the air medal plates must be issued one set of plates at no charge. The bill requires the fees collected by the DOT for the air medal plates to be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state must credit monthly from the statutory allocations fund to the veterans license fee fund the amount of special fees for air medal plates collected in the previous month. The bill authorizes the surviving spouse of a person who was issued air medal plates to continue to use or apply for and use the plates subject to certain conditions.
House subcommittee
Named February 26, 2025. On March 4, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- SF 59 Relating to distinguished service medal special registration plates90th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HSB 718 HSB 71890th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · similarCleared committee
- HF 2135 Relating to distinguished service medal special registration plates89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2542 · similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.