Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Transportation Committee
Proposed by the Department of Transportation · their explanation · all agency proposals
Topics:AgricultureTransportation
Same legislation: SSB 1044, HSB 170, HF 531, HF 2651, SF 2429
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 10, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2429
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 2429 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 2429 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Iowa Department of Transportation can now issue annual permits to heavier milk trucks. These permits allow vehicles carrying fluid milk products to weigh up to 130,000 pounds instead of the current 96,000-pound limit. The rule about not exceeding 20,000 pounds per axle stays the same.1
Read the official explanation
463 but not exceeding 20,000 pounds per axle, and not exceeding a gross weight of 96,000 pounds, on primary roads and primary road extensions in cities. The fee for a fluid milk products annual permit is $400. This bill authorizes the DOT to issue fluid milk products annual permits for vehicles not exceeding a gross weight of 130,000 pounds. The bill applies to fluid milk products annual permits issued on or after the effective date of the bill and to such permits issued prior to that date that are in effect on that date. 463.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 15, 2026. On February 11, 2026 it recommended passage.
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