Print
House File 2568 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to nonvehicular traffic, including pedestrian
conveyances and bicyclists’ right-of-way at certain
crosswalks, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 321.1, subsection 51, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
51. “Pedestrian” means any a person afoot or a person using
a pedestrian conveyance.
Sec. 2. Section 321.1, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 51A. “Pedestrian conveyance” means any
human-powered device by which a pedestrian may move other
than by walking or by which a pedestrian may move another
person, including but not limited to a wheelchair, stroller,
skateboard, scooter, or other similar device. “Pedestrian
conveyance” also includes an electric personal assistive
mobility device and any other device used to move a person
sitting or standing on the device regardless of whether the
device is powered by an electric motor, so long as the electric
motor produces less than seven hundred fifty watts. “Pedestrian
conveyance” does not include a bicycle.
Sec. 3. Section 321.1, subsection 90, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. Any device moved by human power, including a low-speed
electric bicycle and a pedestrian conveyance.
Sec. 4. Section 321.235A, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. Yield the right-of-way to other pedestrians and
human-powered devices.
b. Give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a
pedestrian or human-powered device.
Sec. 5. Section 321.327, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Where traffic-control signals are not in place
or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the
right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield,
to a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle crossing the
roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked
crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in
-1-this chapter.
Sec. 6. Section 321.366, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
g. Operate Ride a bicycle, skateboard, or other use a
pedestrian conveyance, or be a pedestrian, anywhere on a fully
controlled-access facility. For purposes of this paragraph,
“pedestrian conveyance” means any human-powered device by which
a pedestrian may move other than by walking or by which a
walking person may move another pedestrian, including but not
limited to strollers and wheelchairs.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2568, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2024______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorth/ns
conveyances and bicyclists’ right-of-way at certain
crosswalks, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 321.1, subsection 51, Code 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
51. “Pedestrian” means any a person afoot or a person using
a pedestrian conveyance.
Sec. 2. Section 321.1, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 51A. “Pedestrian conveyance” means any
human-powered device by which a pedestrian may move other
than by walking or by which a pedestrian may move another
person, including but not limited to a wheelchair, stroller,
skateboard, scooter, or other similar device. “Pedestrian
conveyance” also includes an electric personal assistive
mobility device and any other device used to move a person
sitting or standing on the device regardless of whether the
device is powered by an electric motor, so long as the electric
motor produces less than seven hundred fifty watts. “Pedestrian
conveyance” does not include a bicycle.
Sec. 3. Section 321.1, subsection 90, paragraph a, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
a. Any device moved by human power, including a low-speed
electric bicycle and a pedestrian conveyance.
Sec. 4. Section 321.235A, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. Yield the right-of-way to other pedestrians and
human-powered devices.
b. Give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a
pedestrian or human-powered device.
Sec. 5. Section 321.327, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Where traffic-control signals are not in place
or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the
right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield,
to a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle crossing the
roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked
crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in
-1-this chapter.
Sec. 6. Section 321.366, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
g. Operate Ride a bicycle, skateboard, or other use a
pedestrian conveyance, or be a pedestrian, anywhere on a fully
controlled-access facility. For purposes of this paragraph,
“pedestrian conveyance” means any human-powered device by which
a pedestrian may move other than by walking or by which a
walking person may move another pedestrian, including but not
limited to strollers and wheelchairs.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2568, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2024______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorth/ns