SF 2074 (LSB 5520XS (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 2074

BY  DANIELSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the operation of motor vehicles by persons without a valid driver’s license or financial liability coverage, and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  614.28A  Persons without valid driver’s licenses or financial liability coverage.
   No action for damages for death, personal injury, or property damage resulting from a motor vehicle accident or collision shall be brought by a person involved in the accident or collision, regardless of fault, if the person, at the time of the accident or collision, was operating a motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver’s license in violation of section 321.218, 321A.32, or 321J.21, or without financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle in violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1.
    Sec. 2.  Section 726.6, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  Knowingly operates a motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver’s license in violation of section 321.218, 321A.32, or 321J.21, or without financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle in violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, while the child or minor is a passenger in the vehicle.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   If a person operates a motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver’s license or without financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle and an accident or collision occurs, this bill prohibits the person from bringing a civil action for property damage, personal injury, or death resulting from the accident or collision, regardless of fault.
   In addition, the bill provides that knowingly operating a motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver’s license or without financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle, while a child under 14 years of age or a minor under 18 years of age with a mental or physical disability is a passenger in the vehicle, constitutes child endangerment. Child endangerment is punishable as a class “B” felony if the child or minor dies, a class “C” felony if the child or minor is seriously injured, a class “D” felony if the child or minor is injured, and an aggravated misdemeanor if the child or minor is not injured.