(Des Moines, IA) — A bill approved in the Iowa Senate would remove the requirement that license plates be attached to the front bumpers of some vehicles.
Front plates would still be required on commercial vehicles, like semis and delivery trucks, but antique vehicles and newer, luxury vehicles that require gluing or drilling into the bumper to mount a plate would be exempt.
Senator Dan Zumbach of Ryan said, “the rest of the cars, the vast majority of cars, are still going to have a plate.”
Senator Kevin Kinney of Oxford, a retired Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy, said a front license plate is a tool for law enforcement. Kinney told members he can think of at least three investigations in which a suspect was apprehended because of a front plate.
Another senator said the bill would be a financial hit for a company in Marion that makes license plate frames for front bumper plates.
