Senate File 2180 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2180 BY KINNEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to driver’s licenses and nonoperator 1 identification cards for victims of domestic abuse. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5399XS (6) 89 dg/rh

S.F. 2180 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 236.21 Domestic abuse relief 1 inquiries —— driver’s license and nonoperator identification 2 card. 3 1. The department shall create and issue domestic abuse 4 relief inquiry documents to allow a victim of domestic abuse 5 to obtain a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification 6 card. The document shall contain the victim’s full legal name 7 and date of birth and be notarized. 8 2. The department may authorize a provider of emergency 9 shelter services and support services to victims of domestic 10 abuse to issue domestic abuse relief inquiry documents created 11 pursuant to subsection 1. 12 3. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 13 to implement this section. 14 Sec. 2. Section 321.182, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2022, are 15 amended to read as follows: 16 2. Surrender all other driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s 17 identification cards. This subsection shall not apply to a 18 person who is applying for a license using a properly completed 19 document created pursuant to section 236.21. 20 3. a. Certify that the applicant has no other driver’s 21 license and certify that the applicant is a resident of this 22 state as provided in section 321.1A . However, certification 23 b. Certification of residency is not required for an 24 applicant for a nonresident commercial driver’s license or 25 nonresident commercial learner’s permit. Certification that 26 the applicant has no other driver’s license is not required 27 for a person who is applying for a license using a properly 28 completed document created pursuant to section 236.21. 29 Sec. 3. Section 321.190, subsection 1, paragraph b, 30 subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 31 (1) The department shall not issue a card to a person 32 holding a driver’s license unless the person is applying for 33 a card using a properly completed document created pursuant 34 to section 236.21 . However, a card may be issued to a person 35 -1- LSB 5399XS (6) 89 dg/rh 1/ 3

S.F. 2180 holding a temporary permit under section 321.181 . The card 1 shall be identical in form to a driver’s license issued under 2 section 321.189 except the word “nonoperator” shall appear 3 prominently on the face of the card. 4 Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION —— DOMESTIC ABUSE 5 VICTIM IDENTIFICATION CARDS. The department of transportation 6 shall, in collaboration with the department of justice, amend 7 its administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to provide 8 that a victim of domestic abuse who submits a notarized 9 domestic abuse relief inquiry document to the department 10 of transportation shall satisfy the requirements to obtain 11 a nonoperator’s identification card and identification 12 requirements to obtain a driver’s license. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill relates to driver’s licenses and nonoperator 17 identification cards for victims of domestic abuse. 18 The bill requires the department of justice to adopt rules 19 to create and issue a domestic abuse relief inquiry document 20 to allow a victim of domestic abuse to obtain a nonoperator’s 21 identification card. The document shall contain the victim’s 22 full legal name and date of birth and be notarized. 23 The bill allows the department of justice to authorize a 24 provider of emergency shelter services and support services 25 to victims of domestic abuse to issue domestic abuse relief 26 inquiry documents. 27 The bill allows a person to apply for a driver’s license 28 without surrendering all other driver’s licenses and 29 nonoperator’s licenses or certifying the person has no other 30 driver’s license if the person is applying for a driver’s 31 license using a properly completed domestic relief inquiry 32 document. 33 The bill allows a person to obtain a nonoperator’s 34 identification card if the person is applying for a card using 35 -2- LSB 5399XS (6) 89 dg/rh 2/ 3

S.F. 2180 a properly completed domestic abuse relief inquiry document. 1 The bill directs the department of transportation, in 2 collaboration with the department of justice, to amend its 3 administrative rules to provide that a victim of domestic 4 abuse who submits a notarized domestic abuse relief inquiry 5 document to the department of transportation shall satisfy the 6 requirements to obtain a nonoperator’s identification card and 7 identification requirements to obtain a driver’s license. 8 -3- LSB 5399XS (6) 89 dg/rh 3/ 3