Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF129: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable
Status: In committee, February 9, 2026
An Act relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable.
From the introduced text, January 27, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1163YH (4) th/ns H.F. Section 1. Section 321A.1, subsection 11, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 11. "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of the proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, in the amount of twenty fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to the limit for one person, the amount of forty one hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and the amount of fifteen fifty thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. Sec. 2. Section 321A.5, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 3. A policy or bond is not effective under this section unless issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized to do business in this state, except that if the motor vehicle was not registered in this state, …
Sponsors
- Michael Bergan (R, 63) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2352 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. Excused, 0. H.J. 230 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 230 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 8:15AM RM 304.
- : Subcommittee: Bossman, Madison and Williams. H.J. 125 .
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- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/05/2025 12:00PM RM 304.
- : Subcommittee: Bossman, Madison and Williams. H.J. 140 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 230 . (February 4, 2026): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HF129?
- HF129 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable.
- What does HF129 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable.
- What is the status of HF129?
- In committee as of February 9, 2026. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2352 . (February 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF129?
- Michael Bergan (R, 63).
- Where is the official record for HF129?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0129&ga=91
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