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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
April 18, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 860, an Act prohibiting state and local regulations on fuel- powered equipment
based on the equipment's fuel source.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincgrely,
Kin'I nolds
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 FAX 515.725.3527 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV
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House File 860
AN ACT
PROHIBITING STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS ON FUEL- POWERED
EQUIPMENT BASED ON THE EQUIPMENTS FUEL SOURCE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 214A.41 Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. ' Fuel source - means any of the following:
a. Any substance or combination of substances that is used
to power an internal combustion engine, including but not
limited to a biofuel, diesel fuel, gasoline, hydrogen, propane,
or a renewable fuel.
b. Any source of energy delivered or placed into the
battery or other energy storage device that is used to power
an electric motor.
2. ' Fuel powered equipment - means any good subject to
a contract for sale under chapter 554, article 2, that is
manufactured to be operated with an engine or motor, regardless
of whether it is self-propelled.
3. - Government entity means any of the following:
a. A principal central department of the executive branch
as enumerated in section 7E.5, or a state authority, board,
House File 860, p. 2
commission, council, or independent agency that is not under
the direction of a principal central department as enumerated
in section 7E.5.
b. A political subdivision of the state, including but
not limited to a county as provided in chapter 331 or city as
provided in chapter 364.
Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 214A.42 State and local regulation
governing fuel- powered equipment — prohibition.
A government entity shall not adopt or continue in effect
any regulation, including in the form of a rule, ordinance, or
resolution, that does any of the following:
1. Prohibits or restricts a person from possessing,
storing, transferring, acquiring, operating, maintaining,
repairing, or reusing fuel- powered equipment or parts of
fuel- powered equipment solely because such equipment is
manufactured to be powered by a specific fuel source.
2. Requires that a person selling fuel- powered equipment or
parts of fuel- powered equipment do any of the following:
a. Sell fuel- powered equipment or parts of fuel- powered
equipment solely because such equipment is manufactured to be
powered by a specific fuel source.
b. Maintain an inventory of fuel- powered equipment or parts
of fuel- powered equipment solely because such equipment is
manufactured to be powered by a specific fuel source.
Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 214A.43 State and local regulation
governing fuel- powered equipment — void.
Any regulation described in section 214A.42 is void and
unenforceable.
Sec. 4. Section 331.301, Code 2025, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 27. A county shall not adopt or continue in
effect any regulation, including in the form of an ordinance
or resolution, that governs fuel- powered equipment as provided
in chapter 214A, subchapter IV.
Sec. 5. Section 364.3, Code 2025, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 20. A city shall not adopt or continue in
effect any regulation, including in the form of an ordinance
PAT GRASSTr,y
House File 860, p. 3
or resolution, that governs fuel- powered equipment as provided
in chapter 214A, subchapter IV.
Sec. 6. DIRECTIONS TO CODE EDITOR. The Code editor is
directed to arrange the following sections in chapter 214A, as
enacted by this Act, into a new subchapter IV:
Sections 214A.41 through 214A.43.
AMY SINCZ/AIR
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Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 860, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved ' Ir , 2025
MEGRAN NELSON
Chk,éf lerk . m, the House
KIM R . , OLDS
Governor