SSB 1187 — A bill for an act relating to certain state highways not designated as part of the interstate road system, including the operation of implements of husbandry on such highways, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions.

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The bill establishes a prohibition on pursuing interstate designation for a specific highway segment unless federal exemptions are provided, and it adds conditions for the operation of implements of husbandry on certain highways.

• 314.16A

  The department of transportation and the state transportation commission shall not pursue an interstate road designation for the segment of highway that is a controlled-access facility, as defined in section 306A.2, designated as state highway 5 and United States highway 65, including where the highway designations overlap, between interstate 35 and interstate 80, unless the United States government provides an exemption to federal regulations regarding vehicle weight and size on that segment.

  This establishes a prohibition against pursuing interstate designation for a specific highway unless federal exemptions are granted.

• 321.285

  e. (1) Any kind of A vehicle, device, implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour shall be prohibited from using the interstate road system. → This paragraph does not apply to an implement of husbandry that a person is authorized to operate on the segment of United States highway 65, and state highway 5, including where the highway designations overlap, between the highway’s intersection with United States highway 6 and the highway’s intersection with United States highway 69, or farther west if authorized by the department, prior to the date that segment of highway is designated a part of the interstate road system, if the segment of highway is designated a part of the interstate road system.

  This allows certain implements of husbandry to operate on a specific highway segment despite the general prohibition on slow vehicles using the interstate system.

• 321.285

  This subparagraph is repealed on the date an alternative route for implements of husbandry is developed, deemed suitable by the department of transportation in consultation with the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and opened for traffic to bypass the segment of the interstate road system described in this subparagraph. → The department of transportation shall notify the Iowa Code editor on that date.

  This specifies the requirement for the department to notify upon the repeal of the subparagraph related to the operation of implements of husbandry.

• There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of transportation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the department to conduct an alternative highway study to develop and implement an accessible highway route suitable for implements of husbandry to be operated alongside, but not directly on, the segment of United States highway 65, and state highway 5, including where the highway designations overlap, between United States highway 6 and United States highway 69: $250,000.

  This provides funding for a study to develop an alternative route for implements of husbandry.

• This Act applies to the segment of the highway known as United States highway 65, and state highway 5, including where the highway designations overlap, described in this Act on the effective date of this Act, and shall apply to that segment of the highway thereafter regardless of whether the highway’s designation as United States highway 65, or state highway 5, including where the highway designations overlap, is subsequently changed by the state transportation commission, department of transportation, or the government of the United States.

  This establishes that the provisions of the Act will continue to apply to the specified highway segment regardless of future designation changes.

Action History

1. March 06, 2025

   Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 568.

2. March 03, 2025

   Subcommittee recommends passage.

3. February 25, 2025

   Subcommittee Meeting: 02/26/2025 9:30AM Senate Lounge.

4. February 25, 2025

   Subcommittee: Bousselot, Klimesh, and Petersen.

5. February 25, 2025

   Introduced, referred to Commerce.

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• COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE · Primary

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