February 8, 2021 Des Moines, Iowa — Two Republican state 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. Brad Epperly is a lobbyist for the Iowa Automobile Dealers Association. (as said) “All of the brackets that you see on people’s front bumpers are aftermarket, usually done by the dealer, hopefully done by the dealer,” Epperly says. “That’s the other part of this which is there is a growing amount of technology in the bumpers themselves. We do have do-it-yourselfers out there. Mounting a bracket does potentially jeopardize the technology that’s in the bumper.”