Senate File 2135 - Enrolled Senate File 2135 AN ACT RELATING TO THE FAILURE TO WEAR A MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY BELT OR SAFETY HARNESS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 321.445, subsection 4, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: (2) If the evidence supports such a finding, the trier of fact may find that the plaintiff’s failure to wear a safety belt or safety harness in violation of this section contributed to the plaintiff’s claimed injury or injuries, and may reduce the amount of plaintiff’s recovery by an amount not to exceed

Senate File 2135, p. 2 five twenty-five percent of the damages awarded after any reductions for comparative fault. ______________________________ JACK WHITVER President of the Senate ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2135, Eighty-seventh General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2018 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor