HF2620 • 2026

A bill for an act prohibiting signs giving notice that an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement is used when the use of a system is not authorized.(Formerly HSB 597 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Last action: 2026-03-12
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act prohibiting signs giving notice that an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement is used when the use of a system is not authorized.(Formerly HSB 597 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act prohibiting signs giving notice that an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement is used when the use of a system is not authorized.(Formerly HSB 597 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 2:00PM Room 315.
2026-03-09 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Bennett, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 509 .
2026-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Transportation. S.J. 481 .
2026-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 481 .
2026-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 569 .
2026-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 93, nays 4. H.J. 538 .
2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 347 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act prohibiting signs giving notice that an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement is used when the use of a system is not authorized.(Formerly HSB 597 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2620

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2620

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

597)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

prohibiting

signs

giving

notice

that

an

automated

or

1

remote

system

for

traffic

law

enforcement

is

used

when

the

2

use

of

a

system

is

not

authorized.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2620

Section

1.

Section

321P.5,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

1A.

a.

A

local

authority

that

does

not

3

hold

a

valid

permit

to

use

an

automated

or

remote

system

for

4

traffic

law

enforcement,

as

required

in

section

321P.2,

shall

5

not

erect

or

post

a

sign

giving

notice

that

a

system

is

used.

6

b.

The

department

shall

assess

a

civil

penalty

of

one

7

thousand

dollars

against

a

local

authority

for

a

violation

of

8

paragraph

“a”

.

In

the

case

of

a

continuing

violation,

each

day

9

of

the

continuing

violation

is

a

separate

violation.

Moneys

10

collected

in

civil

penalties

under

this

paragraph

shall

be

11

deposited

in

the

road

use

tax

fund.

12

EXPLANATION

13

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

14

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

15

Under

current

law,

a

local

authority

is

prohibited

from

16

using

an

automated

or

remote

system

for

traffic

law

enforcement

17

(system)

unless

the

local

authority

holds

a

valid

permit

issued

18

by

the

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

to

use

a

system

at

19

the

system’s

location.

A

local

authority

that

holds

a

permit

20

to

use

a

system

at

a

fixed

location

must

erect

permanent

signs

21

giving

notice

of

the

system

at

least

500

feet

but

not

more

than

22

1,000

feet

along

the

approach

of

the

highway

where

the

system

23

is

used.

A

local

authority

that

holds

a

permit

to

use

a

mobile

24

system

must

post

permanent

signs

at

every

location

where

a

25

highway

enters

the

boundaries

of

the

local

authority

giving

26

notice

of

the

local

authority’s

use

of

a

mobile

system

within

27

the

boundaries

of

the

local

authority.

28

This

bill

prohibits

a

local

authority

that

does

not

hold

a

29

valid

permit

to

use

a

system

from

erecting

or

posting

signs

30

giving

notice

that

a

system

is

used.

A

local

authority

is

31

subject

to

a

$1,000

civil

penalty

for

each

day

a

violation

32

occurs.

The

DOT

is

required

to

assess

the

civil

penalty

and

33

deposit

the

moneys

collected

for

violations

in

the

road

use

tax

34

fund.

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