Senate File 2020 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2020 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act allowing an honorably discharged veteran to request 1 that the veteran’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s 2 identification be marked with the letter “V” to indicate 3 veteran status. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5377XS (1) 84 aw/nh

S.F. 2020 Section 1. Section 321.189, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 8. Veteran status. Upon request of a 3 licensee who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed 4 forces of the United States, the letter “V” shall appear 5 prominently on the face of the license. Such a license shall 6 be issued only upon receipt of satisfactory proof of veteran 7 status pursuant to procedures established by the department. 8 Sec. 2. Section 321.190, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 9 Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows: 10 b. (1) The department shall not issue a card to a person 11 holding a driver’s license. However, a card may be issued to a 12 person holding a temporary permit under section 321.181 . The 13 card shall be identical in form to a driver’s license issued 14 under section 321.189 except the word “nonoperator” shall 15 appear prominently on the face of the card. 16 (2) A nonoperator’s identification card issued to a person 17 under eighteen years of age shall contain the same information 18 as any other nonoperator’s identification card except that the 19 words “under eighteen” shall appear prominently on the face of 20 the card. 21 (3) A nonoperator’s identification card issued to a 22 person eighteen years of age or older but under twenty-one 23 years of age shall contain the same information as any other 24 nonoperator’s identification card except that the words “under 25 twenty-one” shall appear prominently on the face of the card. 26 (4) A nonoperator’s identification card issued to a veteran 27 of the armed forces of the United States who satisfies the 28 requirements of section 321.189, subsection 8, shall contain 29 the same information as any other nonoperator’s identification 30 card except the letter “V” shall appear prominently on the face 31 of the card. 32 EXPLANATION 33 This bill provides that a person who is an honorably 34 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States 35 -1- LSB 5377XS (1) 84 aw/nh 1/ 2

S.F. 2020 may request to have that status noted on the person’s driver’s 1 license or nonoperator’s identification card. A veteran making 2 such a request is required to provide proof of veteran status. 3 The license card issued to the veteran will have the letter “V” 4 marked prominently on its face. 5 -2- LSB 5377XS (1) 84 aw/nh 2/ 2