House File 2133 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2133 BY MEGGERS A BILL FOR An Act relating to required information in the electronic 1 database used by the department of transportation and law 2 enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver’s 3 license information. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5879YH (2) 90 th/ns

H.F. 2133 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 321.491A Driver improvement 1 information. 2 The department shall include in the electronic database used 3 by the department and law enforcement to access registration, 4 titling, and driver’s license information, details indicating 5 whether a driver has been required by the department or ordered 6 by a court to complete remedial driver improvement action, 7 including any driver improvement education course, following an 8 arrest, citation, conviction, or accident, and if so, whether 9 the driver completed the action. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) 14 to include in the electronic database used by the DOT and law 15 enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver’s 16 license information, details indicating whether a driver 17 has been required to take or has completed remedial driver 18 improvement action, including a driver improvement education 19 course. 20 Under current law and administrative rules adopted by the 21 DOT, the DOT must require remedial driver improvement action 22 when a person holding an instruction permit, intermediate 23 license, or full-privilege driver’s license under Code 24 section 321.180B is convicted of a moving violation or has a 25 contributive accident, and the violation or accident occurred 26 during the term of the instruction permit or intermediate 27 license. In addition, the DOT may require a driver to complete 28 a driver improvement program in lieu of driver’s license 29 suspension under certain circumstances. 30 -1- LSB 5879YH (2) 90 th/ns 1/ 1