SF483 • 2026

A bill for an act directing the department of transportation to study the use of biodegradable deicers on highways.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: SWEENEY
Last action: 2025-03-04
Official status: Subcommittee: Klimesh, Townsend, and Zumbach. S.J. 405 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act directing the department of transportation to study the use of biodegradable deicers on highways.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act directing the department of transportation to study the use of biodegradable deicers on highways.

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Bill History

2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Klimesh, Townsend, and Zumbach. S.J. 405 .
2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Transportation. S.J. 391 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act directing the department of transportation to study the use of biodegradable deicers on highways.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

483

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

483

BY

SWEENEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

directing

the

department

of

transportation

to

study

the

1

use

of

biodegradable

deicers

on

highways.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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483

Section

1.

DEPARTMENT

OF

TRANSPORTATION

——

BIODEGRADABLE

1

DEICERS

——

STUDY

AND

REPORT.

2

1.

The

department

of

transportation

shall

study

the

use

3

of

biodegradable

deicers,

including

beet

juice,

to

treat

4

and

control

the

accumulation

of

ice

and

snow

on

highways.

5

The

department

shall

evaluate

the

environmental

impact,

6

practicality,

and

associated

costs

of

using

biodegradable

7

deicers,

including

beet

juice.

8

2.

The

department

shall

submit

a

report

with

its

findings

to

9

the

general

assembly

by

January

1,

2027.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

directs

the

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

14

to

study

the

use

of

biodegradable

deicers,

including

beet

15

juice,

to

treat

and

control

the

accumulation

of

ice

and

16

snow

on

highways.

The

DOT

is

required

to

evaluate

the

17

environmental

impact,

practicality,

and

associated

costs

of

18

using

biodegradable

deicers,

including

beet

juice,

and

submit

19

its

findings

in

a

report

to

the

general

assembly

by

January

1,

20

2027.

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