H-1181

   Amend Senate File 547, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 5, after line 20 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 321.276, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  A person convicted of violating this section may attend and successfully complete, at the person’s own expense, a driver improvement program approved by the department that includes education about the forms of distracted driving, ways to prevent distracted driving, and the dangers that result from distracted driving. Notwithstanding subsection 4, paragraph “b”, a violation of this section shall not be considered a moving violation for purposes of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter if the person successfully completes an approved driver improvement program and provides proof of successful completion to the department within one hundred twenty days of the date of the person’s initial appearance in court as indicated on the citation.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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OLSON of Polk