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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SF 490"
+citation: "Iowa SF 490 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["bicycling", "electric bicycles", "engines", "motorized bicycles", "pedestrians", "vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-04"
+last_action: "2026-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39f66ba8-a5de-4ac4-84f6-6473ea657a7e"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 490&ga=91"
+source_hash: "70de079c6abfa671ced0661f689778d96cdd6cd37c6f1aae0e32a5fb6c3b0b8e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa SF 490 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the maximum power output for low-speed electric bicycles and pedestrian conveyances powered by an electric motor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/SF490.html)
+2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF490.html)
+3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF490_GovLetter.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF490.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-04** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2025-03-04** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-24** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2025-03-24** Immediate message.
+- **2025-03-24** Message from Senate.
+- **2025-03-24** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2025-05-15** Rereferred to Transportation.
+- **2026-01-20** Subcommittee: Henderson, Meyer, A. and Scholten.
+- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 7:45AM RM 103.
+- **2026-01-22** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-28** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-28** Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2.
+- **2026-01-29** Placed on calendar.
+- **2026-03-05** Passed House, yeas 82, nays 4. `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Immediate message.
+- **2026-03-09** Message from House.
+- **2026-04-30** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
+- **2026-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39f66ba8-a5de-4ac4-84f6-6473ea657a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+