House
File
181
-
Enrolled
House
File
181
AN
ACT
PROHIBITING
OPEN
CONTAINERS
OF
BEVERAGES
CONTAINING
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL
IN
THE
PASSENGER
AREA
OF
MOTOR
VEHICLES
ON
HIGHWAYS,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.284,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
321.284
Open
containers
in
motor
vehicles
——
drivers.
1.
A
driver
of
person
operating
a
motor
vehicle
upon
a
public
street
or
highway
shall
not
possess
in
the
passenger
area
of
the
motor
vehicle
an
open
or
unsealed
bottle,
can,
House
File
181,
p.
2
jar,
or
other
receptacle
containing
an
alcoholic
beverage
or
a
beverage
containing
any
amount
of
tetrahydrocannabinol
.
“Passenger
area”
means
the
area
designed
to
seat
the
driver
and
passengers
while
the
motor
vehicle
is
in
operation
and
any
area
that
is
readily
accessible
to
the
driver
or
a
passenger
while
in
their
seating
positions,
including
the
glove
compartment.
An
open
or
unsealed
receptacle
containing
an
alcoholic
beverage
or
an
otherwise
lawful
beverage
containing
tetrahydrocannabinol
may
be
transported
in
the
trunk
of
the
motor
vehicle.
An
unsealed
receptacle
containing
an
alcoholic
beverage
or
an
otherwise
lawful
beverage
containing
tetrahydrocannabinol
may
be
transported
behind
the
last
upright
seat
of
the
motor
vehicle
if
the
motor
vehicle
does
not
have
a
trunk.
A
person
convicted
of
a
violation
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
simple
misdemeanor
punishable
as
a
scheduled
violation
under
section
805.8A,
subsection
14
,
paragraph
“e”
.
2.
A
person
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
who
violates
possesses
an
alcoholic
beverage
in
violation
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
violation
of
section
123.47
.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.284A,
subsections
1
and
4,
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
A
passenger
in
a
motor
vehicle
upon
a
public
street
or
highway
shall
not
possess
in
the
passenger
area
of
the
motor
vehicle
an
open
or
unsealed
bottle,
can,
jar,
or
other
receptacle
containing
an
alcoholic
beverage
or
a
beverage
containing
any
amount
of
tetrahydrocannabinol
.
“Passenger
area”
means
the
area
of
a
motor
vehicle
designed
to
seat
the
driver
and
passengers
while
the
motor
vehicle
is
in
operation
and
any
area
that
is
readily
accessible
to
the
driver
or
a
passenger
while
in
their
seating
positions,
including
the
glove
compartment.
An
open
or
unsealed
receptacle
containing
an
alcoholic
beverage
or
an
otherwise
lawful
beverage
containing
tetrahydrocannabinol
may
be
transported
in
the
trunk
of
the
motor
vehicle.
An
unsealed
receptacle
containing
an
alcoholic
beverage
or
an
otherwise
lawful
beverage
containing
tetrahydrocannabinol
may
be
transported
behind
the
last
upright
seat
of
the
motor
vehicle
if
the
motor
vehicle
does
not
have
a
trunk.
House
File
181,
p.
3
4.
A
person
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
years
who
violates
possesses
an
alcoholic
beverage
in
violation
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
violation
of
section
123.47
.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
181,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor