HF897 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to digital networks utilized by transportation network companies.(Formerly HF 618 .)

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: 2025-04-03
Official status: Referred to Transportation. H.J. 896 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to digital networks utilized by transportation network companies.(Formerly HF 618 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to digital networks utilized by transportation network companies.(Formerly HF 618 .)

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Bill History

2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Transportation. H.J. 896 .
2025-03-07 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 568 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to digital networks utilized by transportation network companies.(Formerly HF 618 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

897

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

897

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

618)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

digital

networks

utilized

by

transportation

1

network

companies.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

897

Section

1.

Section

321N.1,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

2.

“Digital

network”

means

an

online-enabled

application,

3

internet

site,

or

system

offered

or

utilized

by

a

4

transportation

network

company

that

enables

transportation

5

network

company

riders

to

prearrange

rides

with

transportation

6

network

company

drivers.

A

“digital

network”

is

not

a

product

7

under

the

Code.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

This

bill

provides

that

an

online-enabled

application,

12

internet

site,

or

system

offered

or

utilized

by

a

13

transportation

network

company

that

enables

transportation

14

network

company

riders

to

prearrange

rides

with

transportation

15

network

company

drivers

is

not

a

product

under

Iowa

Code.

16

“Product”

is

not

a

defined

term

under

Code

section

4.1,

but

is

17

defined

in

various

contexts

in

many

Code

chapters,

often

in

18

combination

with

other

terms,

depending

on

the

subject

matter.

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