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SF153 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operating solely intrastate to transport hazardous material. (Formerly SSB 1015 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operating solely intrastate to transport hazardous material. (Formerly SSB 1015 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Last action
2025-03-28
Official status
Signed by Governor . S.J. 668 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operating solely intrastate to transport hazardous material. (Formerly SSB 1015 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operating solely intrastate to transport hazardous material.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operating solely intrastate to transport hazardous material.
  • (Formerly SSB 1015 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-28 Iowa Legislature

    Signed by Governor . S.J. 668 .

  2. 2025-03-28 Iowa Legislature

    Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 667 .

  3. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Explanation of vote. H.J. 751 .

  4. 2025-03-13 Iowa Legislature

    Message from House. S.J. 509 .

  5. 2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. H.J. 635 .

  6. 2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Explanation of vote. H.J. 638 .

  7. 2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Passed House , yeas 92, nays 4. H.J. 622 .

  8. 2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Substituted for HF 527 . H.J. 622 .

  9. 2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 614 .

  10. 2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 606 .

  11. 2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 485 .

  12. 2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 482 .

  13. 2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 164 .

  14. 2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 159 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers operating solely intrastate to transport hazardous material. (Formerly SSB 1015 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
March 28, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
Senate File 153, an Act relating to driver age qualifications for certain commercial motor
vehicle drivers operating solely intrastate to transport hazardous materials.
The above Senate File is hereby approved on this date.
Sinc^ely
KunrTleynol'
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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Senate Pile 153
AN ACT
RELATING TO DRIVER AGE QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL
MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS OPERATING SOLELY INTRASTATE TO
TRANSPORT HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 321.449, subsection 3, Code 2025, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Rules adopted under this section concerning driver age
qualifications do not apply to drivers for private and for-hire
motor carriers which operate solely intrastate cxcopt when the
vGhiclo being driven is transporting a hazardous material in a
quantity which requireo placarding. The minimum age for the
exempted intrastate operations is eighteen years of age.
Sec. 2. Section 321.450, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, or the
ago requirements under—section 321.44Q»—the age requirements
under section 321.440 and the rules adopted under this section
pertaining to compliance with regulations adopted under United
States Code, Tit. 49, and found in 49 C.F.R. §177.804, shall
not apply to retail dealers of fertilizers, petroleum products,
and pesticides and their employees while delivering
Senate File 153, p. 2
fertilizers, petroleum products, and pesticides to farm
customers within a one-hundred-mile radius of their retail
place of business.
AMY SINC^IR
President of the Senate
PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of thfe House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 153, Ninety-first General Assembly.
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of thi f Senate
Approve 2025
KIM REY^jOLD.
Governor