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IA SSB3063

SB

Status

Introduced

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Commerce

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Origin

Senate

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the Iowa Department of Transportation to assign a project coordinator within 30 days of receiving a written request from a utility or transmission line developer to review highway corridors for potential transmission line placement.

  • Prohibits the department from banning longitudinal transmission line installations on primary road rights-of-way, including interstate highways, unless the installation would endanger public safety or interfere with highway function.

  • Mandates the department make denial reasons for transmission line installations publicly available within 90 days.

  • Limits payment and lease agreements for utility use of freeway right-of-way to a maximum term of 20 years, with collected fees credited to the living roadway trust fund.

  • Amends transmission line construction requirements to allow placement within highway rights-of-way, including interstate road systems, in addition to existing provisions for placement near roads and railways.

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to the installation of transmission lines on highway rights-of-way.(See SF 2214.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2214.

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Commerce1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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