House
File
643
-
Enrolled
House
File
643
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
DRIVER’S
LICENSES
AND
NONOPERATOR’S
IDENTIFICATION
CARDS
MARKED
TO
REFLECT
DEAF
OR
HARD-OF-HEARING
STATUS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.189,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9.
Deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status.
A
licensee
who
is
a
deaf
person
or
a
hard-of-hearing
person,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
622B.1,
may
request
that
the
license
be
marked
to
reflect
the
licensee’s
deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status
on
the
face
of
the
license
when
the
licensee
applies
for
the
issuance
or
renewal
of
a
license.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
establishing
criteria
under
which
a
license
may
be
marked,
including
requiring
the
licensee
to
submit
medical
proof
of
the
licensee’s
deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status.
When
a
driver’s
license
is
so
marked,
the
licensee’s
deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status
shall
be
noted
in
the
electronic
database
used
by
the
department
and
law
enforcement
to
access
registration,
titling,
and
driver’s
license
information.
The
department,
in
consultation
with
the
commission
of
deaf
services,
shall
develop
educational
media
to
raise
awareness
of
a
licensee’s
ability
to
request
the
license
be
marked
to
reflect
the
licensee’s
deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.190,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
House
File
643,
p.
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(5)
An
applicant
for
a
nonoperator’s
identification
card
who
is
a
deaf
person
or
a
hard-of-hearing
person,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
622B.1,
may
request
that
the
card
be
marked
to
reflect
the
applicant’s
deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status
on
the
face
of
the
card
when
the
applicant
applies
for
the
issuance
or
renewal
of
a
card.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
establishing
criteria
under
which
a
card
may
be
marked,
including
requiring
the
applicant
to
submit
medical
proof
of
the
applicant’s
deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status.
The
department,
in
consultation
with
the
commission
of
deaf
services,
shall
develop
educational
media
to
raise
awareness
of
an
applicant’s
ability
to
request
the
card
be
marked
to
reflect
the
applicant’s
deaf
or
hard-of-hearing
status.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
643,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor