HF531 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 170 ; See HF 2651 .)

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: 2026-04-02
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 805 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 170 ; See HF 2651 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 170 ; See HF 2651 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-04-02 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 805 .
2026-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2651 .
2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 362 .
2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 362 .
2026-02-17 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 12:15PM RM 19.
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Behn, Gosa and Sieck. H.J. 310 .
2025-12-31 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Transportation. H.J. 895 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 380 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 170 ; See HF 2651 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

531

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

531

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

170)

(COMPANION

TO

SF

258

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

combined

gross

weight

limit

for

vehicles

1

operating

under

a

fluid

milk

products

annual

permit,

and

2

including

applicability

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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531

Section

1.

Section

321E.29B,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

Notwithstanding

section

321E.8

,

the

department

may

issue

3

annual

permits

for

the

operation

of

vehicles

or

combinations

4

of

vehicles

transporting

fluid

milk

products

to

or

from

a

milk

5

plant,

receiving

station,

or

transfer

station,

exceeding

the

6

weight

limitation

of

section

321.463

but

not

exceeding

a

gross

7

weight

of

ninety-six

one

hundred

thirty

thousand

pounds,

on

8

primary

roads

and

primary

road

extensions

in

cities.

9

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

on

and

after

10

the

effective

date

of

this

Act

to

fluid

milk

products

annual

11

permits

issued

on

or

after

that

date

and

to

such

permits

issued

12

prior

to

that

date

that

are

in

effect

on

that

date.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

Under

current

law,

the

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

17

is

authorized

to

issue

annual

permits

for

the

operation

18

of

vehicles

or

combinations

of

vehicles

transporting

fluid

19

milk

products

to

or

from

a

milk

plant,

receiving

station,

or

20

transfer

station

while

exceeding

the

weight

limitation

of

Code

21

section

321.463

but

not

exceeding

20,000

pounds

per

axle,

and

22

not

exceeding

a

gross

weight

of

96,000

pounds,

on

primary

roads

23

and

primary

road

extensions

in

cities.

The

fee

for

a

fluid

24

milk

products

annual

permit

is

$400.

25

This

bill

authorizes

the

DOT

to

issue

fluid

milk

products

26

annual

permits

for

vehicles

not

exceeding

a

gross

weight

of

27

130,000

pounds.

The

bill

applies

to

fluid

milk

products

annual

28

permits

issued

on

or

after

the

effective

date

of

the

bill

and

29

to

such

permits

issued

prior

to

that

date

that

are

in

effect

on

30

that

date.

The

bill

does

not

amend

the

20,000-pounds-per-axle

31

weight

limit

under

Code

section

321.463.

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