House
File
2598
-
Enrolled
House
File
2598
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
A
REQUIRED
COURSE
OF
INSTRUCTION
REGARDING
HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
PREVENTION
FOR
PERSONS
APPLYING
FOR
THE
INITIAL
ISSUANCE
OF
CERTAIN
COMMERCIAL
DRIVER’S
LICENSES,
AND
INCLUDING
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
321.175
Human
trafficking
prevention
training
——
commercial
drivers.
1.
An
applicant
for
the
initial
issuance
of
a
class
A,
B,
or
C
commercial
driver’s
license
must
certify
to
the
department
that
the
applicant
successfully
completed
a
course
of
instruction
regarding
human
trafficking
prevention.
2.
A
course
of
instruction
regarding
human
trafficking
prevention
must
last
at
least
thirty
minutes
and
include
training
based
on
the
department’s
approved
human
trafficking
prevention
training
materials.
The
course
must
be
offered
in
the
English
language.
3.
The
department
shall
approve,
in
cooperation
with
the
department
of
education
and
the
state
board
of
education,
human
trafficking
prevention
training
materials
regarding
the
recognition,
prevention,
and
reporting
of
human
trafficking.
The
departments
may
collaborate
with
other
entities
that
specialize
in
and
produce
training
materials
regarding
the
recognition,
prevention,
and
reporting
of
human
trafficking
particularly
for
persons
who
operate
commercial
motor
vehicles.
House
File
2598,
p.
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The
departments
shall
make
the
approved
human
trafficking
prevention
training
materials
available
to
the
public.
The
departments
shall
review
and
update
the
departments’
approved
human
trafficking
prevention
training
materials
to
account
for
changes
and
trends
in
human
trafficking
at
least
once
every
three
years.
4.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.188,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
h.
For
a
person
applying
for
the
initial
issuance
of
a
class
A,
B,
or
C
commercial
driver’s
license,
certify
that
the
applicant
has
completed
a
course
of
instruction
regarding
human
trafficking
prevention
in
accordance
with
section
321.175.
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
on
and
after
March
1,
2027,
or
the
date
the
department
of
transportation
submits
to
the
Iowa
administrative
code
editor
for
publication
in
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin
a
statement
by
the
director
of
transportation
that
the
applicable
phase
of
the
department
of
transportation’s
new
records
system
is
implemented,
whichever
is
earlier.
The
department
shall
also
forward
a
copy
of
the
statement
to
the
Iowa
Code
editor.
______________________________
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
2598,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor