House File 17HOUSE FILE BY HUNTER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting a person under eighteen years of age from 2 using a cell phone or other device for remote two=way 3 communication while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway and 4 providing a penalty. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1624HH 83 7 dea/nh/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.363A CELL PHONE USE BY 1 2 DRIVER UNDER EIGHTEEN PROHIBITED. 1 3 A person under eighteen years of age shall not operate or 1 4 utilize a mobile telephone, two=way radio, wireless electronic 1 5 mail device, two=way pager, or any other device used for 1 6 remote two=way communication while operating a motor vehicle 1 7 on the roadway. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, Code 2009, is 1 9 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 10 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS. For violations 1 11 under section 321.363A, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill prohibits a person under 18 years of age from 1 14 using a mobile telephone or other device used for remote 1 15 two=way communication while operating a motor vehicle on the 1 16 roadway. The prohibition would not apply when the vehicle is 1 17 stopped on the shoulder of the highway or is otherwise off the 1 18 highway. A violation is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a 1 19 scheduled fine of $30. 1 20 LSB 1624HH 83 1 21 dea/nh/14