Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2023: A BILL FOR An Act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit
Status: In committee, February 16, 2026
An Act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit.
From the introduced text, January 13, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5618YH (3) th/ns H.F. 2023 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraphs (1) and (2), Code 2026, are amended to read as follows: (1) Twenty miles per hour in any a business district or school district. (2) Twenty-five miles per hour in any a residence or school district. Sec. 2. Section 805.8A, subsection 5, paragraph a, subparagraph (5), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: (5) One Two hundred thirty-five eighty-five dollars plus five dollars for each mile per hour of excessive speed over twenty miles per hour over the limit. Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION. Notwithstanding section 321.252, 321.255, 321.285, or any other provision of law to the contrary, when updating speed limit signs as a result of the enactment of this Act, a county or city, as applicable, may attach nonpermanent overlays or stickers approved by the department of transportation to existing speed limit signs in order to display the new speed limit. The nonpermanent overlays or stickers may be used until the applicable speed limit sign is replaced based on the county's …
Sponsors
- Joshua Meggers (R, 54) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2496 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. H.J. 254 .
- : Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 254 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 01/26/2026 12:30PM House Lounge 2.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 12:30PM House Lounge 2 (Cancelled).
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 12:45PM House Lounge 2 (Cancelled).
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2026 8:30AM House Lounge (Cancelled).
- : Subcommittee: Meggers, Kressig and Wills, J. H.J. 69 .
- : Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 44 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 254 . (February 10, 2026): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: school districts, driving, speed limits
Common questions
- What is HF2023?
- HF2023 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit.
- What does HF2023 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to speed limits, including the speed limit in school districts and the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour over the limit.
- What is the status of HF2023?
- In committee as of February 16, 2026. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2496 . (February 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2023?
- Joshua Meggers (R, 54).
- Where is the official record for HF2023?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2023&ga=91
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