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IA HSB214

SB

Status

Introduced

2/19/2025

Primary Sponsor

Natural Resources

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits state departments, agencies, counties, and cities from adopting or maintaining regulations that restrict possession, storage, transfer, acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, or reuse of fuel-powered equipment based solely on its fuel source

  • Defines "fuel source" to include substances powering internal combustion engines (gasoline, diesel, biofuel, hydrogen, propane, renewable fuels) as well as energy sources for electric motors and batteries

  • Defines "fuel-powered equipment" as any manufactured good operated by an engine or motor that is subject to a sales contract, regardless of whether it is self-propelled

  • Prohibits government entities from requiring sellers of fuel-powered equipment to sell or maintain inventory of specific equipment solely because of the equipment's fuel source

  • Declares any regulation violating these prohibitions void and unenforceable, and amends county (Chapter 331) and city (Chapter 364) code sections to reinforce the restrictions

Legislative Description

A bill for an act prohibiting state and local regulations on fuel-powered equipment based on the equipment's fuel source.(See HF 860.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 860.

3/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources2/19/2025

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