Senate File 2104 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to text messaging while operating a motor vehicle
  2    and providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6205SS 82
  5 dea/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.363A  TEXT MESSAGING
  1  2 PROHIBITED.
  1  3    A person shall not use a wireless communication device to
  1  4 read, write, or send a text message while operating a motor
  1  5 vehicle on a highway.  This section does not apply when the
  1  6 motor vehicle is at a complete stop off the roadway.  A person
  1  7 who violates this section commits a simple misdemeanor,
  1  8 punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A,
  1  9 subsection 6, paragraph "e".
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
  1 11 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 12    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  For a violation under section 321.363A,
  1 13 the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill prohibits a motor vehicle operator from reading,
  1 16 writing, or sending a text message while operating a motor
  1 17 vehicle on a highway.  However, if the motor vehicle is at a
  1 18 complete stop off the roadway, text messaging is permissible.
  1 19 A violation is punishable by a scheduled fine of $100.
  1 20 LSB 6205SS 82
  1 21 dea/nh/5