House File 496 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 496 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 325) A BILL FOR An Act relating to driver education course requirements for 1 students who require a motor vehicle modified with special 2 adaptive equipment. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2345HV (2) 87 ns/nh

H.F. 496 Section 1. Section 321.178, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . f. For students who require a motor vehicle 3 modified with special adaptive equipment, including but not 4 limited to hand controls or a wheelchair lift, laboratory 5 instruction consisting of street or highway driving shall be 6 limited to a maximum of sixty minutes per student per session, 7 unless additional time is necessary to make up instruction time 8 missed due to a course absence or cancellation. If at least 9 one student participating in laboratory instruction consisting 10 of street or highway driving requires a motor vehicle modified 11 with special adaptive equipment, only one or two students 12 shall be scheduled for the laboratory instruction to ensure 13 that appropriate observation time is experienced and to limit 14 driver distraction from passengers. At all times during such 15 laboratory instruction, a camera capable of providing a view 16 of the front driver’s seat and front passenger’s seat shall be 17 in operation and recording. The recording of any laboratory 18 instruction under this paragraph “f” shall be made available to 19 any law enforcement agency or the department upon request. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill provides that for students who require a motor 24 vehicle modified with special adaptive equipment, driver’s 25 education laboratory instruction consisting of street or 26 highway driving shall be limited to a maximum of 60 minutes 27 per student per session, unless additional time is necessary 28 to make up instruction time missed due to a course absence 29 or cancellation. If at least one student participating in 30 laboratory instruction consisting of street or highway driving 31 requires a motor vehicle modified with special adaptive 32 equipment, only one or two students shall be scheduled for the 33 laboratory instruction to ensure that appropriate observation 34 time is experienced and to limit driver distraction from 35 -1- LSB 2345HV (2) 87 ns/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 496 passengers. The bill also requires that at all times during 1 such laboratory instruction, a camera capable of providing a 2 view of the front driver’s seat and front passenger’s seat 3 shall be in operation and recording. The recording of any 4 laboratory instruction must be made available to any law 5 enforcement agency or the department of transportation upon 6 request. 7 -2- LSB 2345HV (2) 87 ns/nh 2/ 2