House
File
860
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Enrolled
House
File
860
AN
ACT
PROHIBITING
STATE
AND
LOCAL
REGULATIONS
ON
FUEL-POWERED
EQUIPMENT
BASED
ON
THE
EQUIPMENT’S
FUEL
SOURCE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
214A.41
Definitions.
As
used
in
this
subchapter,
unless
the
context
otherwise
requires:
1.
“Fuel
source”
means
any
of
the
following:
a.
Any
substance
or
combination
of
substances
that
is
used
to
power
an
internal
combustion
engine,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
biofuel,
diesel
fuel,
gasoline,
hydrogen,
propane,
or
a
renewable
fuel.
b.
Any
source
of
energy
delivered
or
placed
into
the
battery
or
other
energy
storage
device
that
is
used
to
power
an
electric
motor.
2.
“Fuel-powered
equipment”
means
any
good
subject
to
a
contract
for
sale
under
chapter
554,
article
2,
that
is
manufactured
to
be
operated
with
an
engine
or
motor,
regardless
of
whether
it
is
self-propelled.
3.
“Government
entity”
means
any
of
the
following:
a.
A
principal
central
department
of
the
executive
branch
as
enumerated
in
section
7E.5,
or
a
state
authority,
board,
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860,
p.
2
commission,
council,
or
independent
agency
that
is
not
under
the
direction
of
a
principal
central
department
as
enumerated
in
section
7E.5.
b.
A
political
subdivision
of
the
state,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
county
as
provided
in
chapter
331
or
city
as
provided
in
chapter
364.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
214A.42
State
and
local
regulation
governing
fuel-powered
equipment
——
prohibition.
A
government
entity
shall
not
adopt
or
continue
in
effect
any
regulation,
including
in
the
form
of
a
rule,
ordinance,
or
resolution,
that
does
any
of
the
following:
1.
Prohibits
or
restricts
a
person
from
possessing,
storing,
transferring,
acquiring,
operating,
maintaining,
repairing,
or
reusing
fuel-powered
equipment
or
parts
of
fuel-powered
equipment
solely
because
such
equipment
is
manufactured
to
be
powered
by
a
specific
fuel
source.
2.
Requires
that
a
person
selling
fuel-powered
equipment
or
parts
of
fuel-powered
equipment
do
any
of
the
following:
a.
Sell
fuel-powered
equipment
or
parts
of
fuel-powered
equipment
solely
because
such
equipment
is
manufactured
to
be
powered
by
a
specific
fuel
source.
b.
Maintain
an
inventory
of
fuel-powered
equipment
or
parts
of
fuel-powered
equipment
solely
because
such
equipment
is
manufactured
to
be
powered
by
a
specific
fuel
source.
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
214A.43
State
and
local
regulation
governing
fuel-powered
equipment
——
void.
Any
regulation
described
in
section
214A.42
is
void
and
unenforceable.
Sec.
4.
Section
331.301,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
A
county
shall
not
adopt
or
continue
in
effect
any
regulation,
including
in
the
form
of
an
ordinance
or
resolution,
that
governs
fuel-powered
equipment
as
provided
in
chapter
214A,
subchapter
IV.
Sec.
5.
Section
364.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20.
A
city
shall
not
adopt
or
continue
in
effect
any
regulation,
including
in
the
form
of
an
ordinance
House
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860,
p.
3
or
resolution,
that
governs
fuel-powered
equipment
as
provided
in
chapter
214A,
subchapter
IV.
Sec.
6.
DIRECTIONS
TO
CODE
EDITOR.
The
Code
editor
is
directed
to
arrange
the
following
sections
in
chapter
214A,
as
enacted
by
this
Act,
into
a
new
subchapter
IV:
Sections
214A.41
through
214A.43.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
860,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor