Senate File 303 - Introduced SENATE FILE 303 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 62) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the replacement of a person’s driver’s 1 license or nonoperator’s identification card on the person’s 2 twenty-first birthday anniversary. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1303SV (2) 88 ns/rh

S.F. 303 Section 1. Section 321.189, subsection 6, Code 2019, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 6. Licenses issued to persons under age twenty-one. A 3 driver’s license issued to a person under eighteen years of 4 age shall contain the same information as any other driver’s 5 license except that the words “under eighteen” shall appear 6 prominently on the face of the license. A driver’s license 7 issued to a person eighteen years of age or older but less than 8 twenty-one years of age shall contain the same information 9 as any other driver’s license except that the words “under 10 twenty-one” shall appear prominently on the face of the 11 license. Upon attaining the age of eighteen or upon attaining 12 the age of twenty-one, and upon payment of a ten dollar fee, 13 the person shall be entitled to a new driver’s license or 14 nonoperator’s identification card for the unexpired months 15 of the driver’s license or card. Upon attaining the age of 16 twenty-one, a person who is otherwise eligible to be issued a 17 driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card shall be 18 eligible to apply electronically for issuance of a replacement 19 license or card for the unexpired months of the license or 20 card, regardless of whether the most recent previous issuance 21 of the license or card occurred electronically. The department 22 shall, within a reasonable time period prior to a person’s 23 twenty-first birthday anniversary, notify the person of the 24 person’s eligibility to apply for a replacement driver’s 25 license or nonoperator’s identification card electronically 26 upon attaining the age of twenty-one. The department shall 27 develop educational media to raise awareness of a person’s 28 eligibility to apply for a replacement driver’s license or 29 nonoperator’s identification card electronically upon attaining 30 the age of twenty-one. An instruction permit or intermediate 31 license issued under section 321.180B, subsection 1 or 2, shall 32 include a distinctive color bar. An intermediate license 33 issued under section 321.180B, subsection 2 , shall include the 34 words “intermediate license” printed prominently on the face 35 -1- LSB 1303SV (2) 88 ns/rh 1/ 2

S.F. 303 of the license. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 Under current law, a driver’s license applicant is not 5 eligible for electronic renewal of the license if the most 6 recent previous renewal of the applicant’s license occurred 7 electronically. 8 This bill provides that upon attaining the age of 21, a 9 person who is otherwise eligible to be issued a driver’s 10 license or nonoperator’s identification card is eligible to 11 apply electronically for issuance of a replacement license 12 or card for the unexpired months of the license or card, 13 regardless of whether the most recent previous issuance 14 of the license or card occurred electronically. The bill 15 requires the department of transportation (DOT) to, within 16 a reasonable time period prior to a person’s 21st birthday 17 anniversary, notify the person of the person’s eligibility 18 to apply for a replacement driver’s license or nonoperator’s 19 identification card electronically upon attaining the age of 20 21. The bill also requires the DOT to develop educational 21 media to raise awareness of a person’s eligibility to apply for 22 a replacement driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification 23 card electronically upon attaining the age of 21. 24 -2- LSB 1303SV (2) 88 ns/rh 2/ 2