Senate File 2074 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2074 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to the operation of motor vehicles by persons 1 without a valid driver’s license or financial liability 2 coverage, and providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5520XS (2) 86 ns/nh

S.F. 2074 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 614.28A Persons without valid 1 driver’s licenses or financial liability coverage. 2 No action for damages for death, personal injury, or 3 property damage resulting from a motor vehicle accident or 4 collision shall be brought by a person involved in the accident 5 or collision, regardless of fault, if the person, at the time 6 of the accident or collision, was operating a motor vehicle 7 with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver’s license 8 in violation of section 321.218, 321A.32, or 321J.21, or 9 without financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle 10 in violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1. 11 Sec. 2. Section 726.6, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 12 by adding the following new paragraph: 13 NEW PARAGRAPH . i. Knowingly operates a motor vehicle with 14 a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver’s license in 15 violation of section 321.218, 321A.32, or 321J.21, or without 16 financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle in 17 violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, while the child or 18 minor is a passenger in the vehicle. 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 If a person operates a motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, 23 suspended, or revoked driver’s license or without financial 24 liability coverage in effect for the vehicle and an accident or 25 collision occurs, this bill prohibits the person from bringing 26 a civil action for property damage, personal injury, or death 27 resulting from the accident or collision, regardless of fault. 28 In addition, the bill provides that knowingly operating a 29 motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked 30 driver’s license or without financial liability coverage in 31 effect for the vehicle, while a child under 14 years of age 32 or a minor under 18 years of age with a mental or physical 33 disability is a passenger in the vehicle, constitutes child 34 endangerment. Child endangerment is punishable as a class “B” 35 -1- LSB 5520XS (2) 86 ns/nh 1/ 2

S.F. 2074 felony if the child or minor dies, a class “C” felony if the 1 child or minor is seriously injured, a class “D” felony if the 2 child or minor is injured, and an aggravated misdemeanor if the 3 child or minor is not injured. 4 -2- LSB 5520XS (2) 86 ns/nh 2/ 2