Two Republican senators are working on a bill that would end the requirement that Iowa license plates be attached to the front as well as the rear of passenger vehicles. The owners of sports cars and vehicles with large front grills complain that license plates ruin the appearance of the vehicle. Senator Waylon Brown of Osage is one of the two Republicans working on the legislation to ditch the front plate requirement.

Last year, Ohio became the 20th state to pass a law getting rid of a front-plate requirement for cars, S-U-Vs and other passenger vehicles. Plates are still required in all states on the front of commercial vehicles, like semi-tractors.