IA SF 490

enacted

A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did IA SF 490 pass?

Yes. IA SF 490 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-30): Signed by Governor.

What is IA SF 490 about?

IA SF 490 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor.”.

Who sponsors IA SF 490?

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION is the primary sponsor of IA SF 490.

Introduced: 2025-03-04
Latest action: 2026-04-30 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-30
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2026-04-30
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
2026-03-09
Message from House.
2026-03-05
Immediate message.
2026-03-05
Passed House, yeas 82, nays 4.
passage
2026-01-29
Placed on calendar.
2026-01-28
Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2.
2026-01-28
Committee report, recommending passage.
committee-passage
2026-01-22
Subcommittee recommends passage.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-21
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 7:45AM RM 103.
2026-01-20
Subcommittee: Henderson, Meyer, A. and Scholten.
2025-05-15
Rereferred to Transportation.
2025-04-03
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-03-24
Read first time, passed on file.
reading-1
2025-03-24
Message from Senate.
2025-03-24
Immediate message.
2025-03-24
Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0.
passage
2025-03-04
Committee report, approving bill.
committee-passage
2025-03-04
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

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Votes

Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-24 · pass · 49-0
Member-level votes (51)
- Alons: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson: yes
- De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Petersen: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Zumbach: yes
- Celsi: absent

Related bills

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Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 490&ga=91

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