HF74 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor.(See HF 765 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: GUSTOFF
Last action: 2025-03-05
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 765 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor.(See HF 765 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor.(See HF 765 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 765 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 370 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 370 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-05 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/06/2025 8:30AM House Lounge 2.
2025-02-05 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee reassigned: Henderson, Kressig and Meyer, A. H.J. 183 .
2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Henderson, Golding and Kressig. H.J. 140 .
2025-01-16 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 86 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor.(See HF 765 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

74

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

74

BY

GUSTOFF

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

maximum

power

output

for

low-speed

1

electric

bicycles

and

pedestrian

conveyances

powered

by

an

2

electric

motor.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

321.1,

subsection

36A,

unnumbered

1

paragraph

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

“Low-speed

electric

bicycle”

means

a

device

having

equipped

3

with

a

saddle

or

seat

for

the

use

of

a

rider,

two

or

three

4

wheels

,

equipped

with

fully

operable

pedals,

and

an

electric

5

motor

of

less

than

that

produces

not

more

than

seven

hundred

6

fifty

watts

that

meets

,

and

is

classified

in

accordance

with

7

the

following

requirements

of

one

of

the

following

classes

:

8

Sec.

2.

Section

321.1,

subsection

51A,

Code

2025,

is

amended

9

to

read

as

follows:

10

51A.

“Pedestrian

conveyance”

means

any

human-powered

device

11

by

which

a

pedestrian

may

move

other

than

by

walking

or

by

12

which

a

pedestrian

may

move

another

person,

including

but

not

13

limited

to

a

wheelchair,

stroller,

skateboard,

scooter,

or

14

other

similar

device.

“Pedestrian

conveyance”

also

includes

15

an

electric

personal

assistive

mobility

device

and

any

other

16

device

used

to

move

a

person

sitting

or

standing

on

the

device

17

regardless

of

whether

the

device

is

powered

by

an

electric

18

motor,

so

long

as

the

electric

motor

produces

less

not

more

19

than

seven

hundred

fifty

watts.

“Pedestrian

conveyance”

does

20

not

include

a

bicycle.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

This

bill

relates

to

the

authorized

maximum

power

produced

25

by

electric

motors

on

low-speed

electric

bicycles

and

26

pedestrian

conveyances.

Current

law

limits

the

output

of

such

27

electric

motors

to

less

than

750

watts.

The

bill

instead

28

authorizes

such

electric

motors

to

produce

not

more

than

750

29

watts.

If

an

electric

motor

produces

more

than

750

watts

and

30

is

attached

to

what

would

otherwise

be

considered

a

low-speed

31

electric

bicycle

or

personal

conveyance,

the

provisions

of

Code

32

chapter

321

(motor

vehicles

and

law

of

the

road)

relating

to

33

vehicles,

motor

vehicles,

automobiles,

cars,

motorcycles,

and

34

motorized

bicycles

are

applicable

to

such

vehicles.

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