HF 2187 (LSB 5521YH (4) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2187

BY  WILLS

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the department of transportation to provide information relating to whether a person has been convicted of a felony to certain peace officers and employees of law enforcement agencies, and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.200B  Felony convictions.
   1.  Upon receiving a person’s application for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license, the department shall conduct a state criminal history background check and national criminal history check of the person to determine whether the person has been convicted of a felony. If the person has been convicted of a felony, the department shall indicate that the person has been convicted of a felony to a peace officer or employee of a law enforcement agency at the time the peace officer or employee of a law enforcement agency requests from the department the person’s driver’s license record or operating record as part of a traffic stop of a motor vehicle involving the person.
   2.  Notwithstanding section 321.10, 321.11, 321.11A, or any other provision of law to the contrary, information collected pursuant to this section shall not be made available to the public or to any person other than to a peace officer or employee of a law enforcement agency requesting from the department a person’s driver’s license record or operating record as part of a traffic stop of a motor vehicle involving the person.
   3.  The department shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this section.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to applications for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license received by the department of transportation on or after July 1, 2018.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of transportation (DOT), upon receiving a person’s application for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license, to conduct a state criminal history background check and national criminal history check of the person to determine whether the person has been convicted of a felony. If the person has been convicted of a felony, the bill requires the DOT to indicate that the person has been convicted of a felony to a peace officer or employee of a law enforcement agency at the time the peace officer or employee of a law enforcement agency requests from the DOT the person’s driver’s license record or operating record as part of a traffic stop of a motor vehicle involving the person. The information collected under the bill is prohibited from being made available to the public or to any person other than a peace officer or employee of a law enforcement agency requesting from the DOT a person’s driver’s license record or operating record as part of a traffic stop of a motor vehicle involving the person. The bill requires the DOT to adopt rules as necessary. The bill applies to applications for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license received by the DOT on or after July 1, 2018.