HF886 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the improvement of United States highway 30, including prioritization by the state transportation commission and restrictions on associated use of eminent domain. (Formerly HF 614 .)

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: 2025-03-24
Official status: Subcommittee: Klimesh, Koelker, and Townsend. S.J. 621 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the improvement of United States highway 30, including prioritization by the state transportation commission and restrictions on associated use of eminent domain. (Formerly HF 614 .)

A bill for an act relating to the improvement of United States highway 30, including prioritization by the state transportation commission and restrictions on associated use of eminent domain.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the improvement of United States highway 30, including prioritization by the state transportation commission and restrictions on associated use of eminent domain.
(Formerly HF 614 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Klimesh, Koelker, and Townsend. S.J. 621 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Transportation. S.J. 604 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 604 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 748 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 81, nays 15. H.J. 740 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1124 adopted. H.J. 740 .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1124 filed. H.J. 721 .
2025-03-07 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 567 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the improvement of United States highway 30, including prioritization by the state transportation commission and restrictions on associated use of eminent domain. (Formerly HF 614 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

886

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Reprinted

HOUSE

FILE

886

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

614)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

House

March

19,

2025

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

improvement

of

United

States

highway

1

30,

including

prioritization

by

the

state

transportation

2

commission

and

restrictions

on

associated

use

of

eminent

3

domain.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

5

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H.F.

886

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

306.48

Eminent

domain

power

1

restricted.

2

The

department

shall

not

exercise

the

power

of

eminent

3

domain,

including

as

provided

in

chapters

6A

and

6B,

to

acquire

4

land

necessary

to

expand

the

two-lane

portions

of

United

States

5

highway

30

in

accordance

with

a

plan

adopted

under

section

6

307A.2,

subsections

3

and

5,

until

the

department

expends

all

7

reasonable

alternatives,

if

the

land

is

part

of

a

century

farm,

8

as

defined

in

section

403.17,

subsection

10,

or

is

residential

9

real

property,

as

defined

in

section

535B.1.

10

Sec.

2.

Section

307A.2,

subsection

5,

Code

2025,

is

amended

11

to

read

as

follows:

12

5.

Identify,

within

the

primary

road

system,

a

network

13

of

commercial

and

industrial

highways

in

accordance

with

14

section

313.2A

.

The

improvement

of

this

network

shall

be

15

considered

in

the

development

of

the

long-range

program

and

16

plan

of

improvements

under

this

section

.

The

commission

shall

17

prioritize

the

improvement

of

the

segment

of

the

highway

known

18

as

United

States

highway

30

which

crosses

this

state

from

the

19

Missouri

river

west

of

Missouri

Valley

to

the

Mississippi

river

20

east

of

Clinton

and

shall

include

in

its

long-range

program

21

under

subsection

3

plans

to

expand

all

portions

of

the

highway

22

consisting

of

two-lane

roadways

to

four-lane

divided

roadways

23

until

the

entire

length

of

the

highway

is

made

up

of

four-lane

24

divided

roadways.

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