House File 2229 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2229 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2028) A BILL FOR An Act allowing a veteran to request that the veteran’s 1 driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card be 2 marked with the word “VETERAN” to indicate veteran status. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5540HV (2) 84 aw/nh

H.F. 2229 Section 1. Section 321.189, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 8. Veterans status. Beginning no later 3 than July 1, 2013, a licensee who is an honorably discharged 4 veteran of the armed forces of the United States seeking to 5 obtain a license, other than a replacement license, pursuant 6 to this section may request that such a license be marked to 7 reflect the licensee’s veteran status. Upon such a request 8 the word “VETERAN” shall be marked prominently on the face 9 of the license. Such a license shall be issued only upon 10 receipt of satisfactory proof of veteran status pursuant to 11 procedures established by the department in consultation with 12 the department of veterans affairs. This subsection shall 13 not apply to duplicate or substitute licenses or nonoperator 14 identification cards obtained pursuant to section 321.195. 15 Sec. 2. Section 321.190, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 16 Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows: 17 b. (1) The department shall not issue a card to a person 18 holding a driver’s license. However, a card may be issued to a 19 person holding a temporary permit under section 321.181 . The 20 card shall be identical in form to a driver’s license issued 21 under section 321.189 except the word “nonoperator” shall 22 appear prominently on the face of the card. 23 (2) A nonoperator’s identification card issued to a person 24 under eighteen years of age shall contain the same information 25 as any other nonoperator’s identification card except that the 26 words “under eighteen” shall appear prominently on the face of 27 the card. 28 (3) A nonoperator’s identification card issued to a 29 person eighteen years of age or older but under twenty-one 30 years of age shall contain the same information as any other 31 nonoperator’s identification card except that the words “under 32 twenty-one” shall appear prominently on the face of the card. 33 (4) A nonoperator’s identification card issued to an 34 honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United 35 -1- LSB 5540HV (2) 84 aw/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 2229 States who satisfies the requirements of section 321.189, 1 subsection 8, shall contain the same information as any other 2 nonoperator’s identification card except the word “VETERAN” 3 shall appear prominently on the face of the card. 4 EXPLANATION 5 This bill provides that by July 1, 2013, a person who is 6 an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the 7 United States may request to have that status noted on the 8 person’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification 9 card. A veteran may not request that such status appear on a 10 replacement, duplicate, or substitute license or nonoperator’s 11 identification card. A veteran making such a request is 12 required to provide proof of veteran status. The license card 13 issued to the veteran will have the word “VETERAN” marked 14 prominently on its face. 15 -2- LSB 5540HV (2) 84 aw/nh 2/ 2