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Relating to the registration requirements for vehicles of excessive size and weight operating under a single-trip permit, and providing fees

Topics:Transportation

Same legislation: HF 696, HF 979

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 26, 2025
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 696
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 696 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 696 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Currently, commercial drivers who pay a small fee to travel through Iowa for a short time still have to pay extra to register their heavy vehicles. This change allows those drivers to pay one single-trip registration fee based on the total weight of their vehicle and its load. The new rule sets this registration fee at $4 for every ton over a certain limit.1

Read the official explanation

9). A vehicle traveling under an oversize or overweight permit is required to be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load.23, cannot use that trip permit in lieu of the oversize or overweight vehicle registration requirements. This bill authorizes a vehicle traveling under a single-trip permit to be registered with the DOT on a single-trip basis for the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load. The fee for single-trip registration is $4 per ton exceeding tons.23 trip permit in lieu of registration.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named February 18, 2025. On February 19, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321E.12

How the Code works3

Lobbying

5 for · 0 against · 15 undecided · Who →

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