SF 2187 (LSB 5631SV (4) 91)

RELATING TO THE VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP AND  IMMIGRATION STATUS OF PERSONS WHO APPLY FOR OR RENEW A  DRIVER’S LICENSE OR NONOPERATOR’S IDENTIFICATION CARD, AND  INCLUDING APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.183A  Citizenship and immigration status verification.
   1.  The department shall use the SAVE program, or any successor federal verification system, to verify the United States citizenship and immigration status of each person who applies for issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card and who does not provide proof that the person is a United States citizen. The department shall not issue or renew a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card if the person does not provide proof the person is a United States citizen and the department is unable to verify the person’s status as lawfully present in the United States.
   2.  For purposes of this section, “SAVE program” means the systematic alien verification for entitlements system of the United States department of homeland security and the United States citizenship and immigration services.
    Sec. 2.  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.

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2187, Ninety-first General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2026

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor