A bill for an act relating to the acquisition of certain vehicles by a vehicle recycler, and making penalties applicable.
SF 492 modifies Iowa law to regulate how licensed vehicle recyclers can acquire older scrap vehicles. It allows recyclers to buy vehicles 12+ model years old for under $1,000 without a title, but requires them to verify via state records that no lienholder claims the vehicle. Recyclers are exempt from this verification if buying from a scrap metal dealer defined in Iowa law. Violating this requirement would be a simple misdemeanor punishable by a $135 fine. The bill directly affects vehicle recyclers and scrap metal dealers operating in Iowa.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Mar 4, 2025
Signed May 2, 2026
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May 2, 2026
MINOR
The document transitioned from a draft legislative text to its final enrolled version with the Governor's signature. The substantive policy content regarding vehicle recycling rules remains unchanged, though the formatting was updated to include the Governor's approval date and signature line.
TECHNICAL
The text was reformatted from a line-by-line draft view into a standard enrolled bill layout, including the Governor's signature and approval date.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2025
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Mar 24, 2025
D
Democratic16
93% Yea
R
Republican35
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
11
Committee
8
May 2, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 92, nays 0.
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 28, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/03/2026 12:30PM RM 19.
legislature
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Bossman, Bagniewski and Henderson.
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 27, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 12:30PM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Behn, Bagniewski and Golding.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0.
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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