House File 2496 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2496 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2023) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the penalty for speeding in excess of twenty 1 miles per hour over the limit. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5618HV (2) 91 th/ns

H.F. 2496 Section 1. Section 805.8A, subsection 5, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (5), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 (5) One Two hundred thirty-five eighty-five dollars plus 3 five dollars for each mile per hour of excessive speed over 4 twenty miles per hour over the limit. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 Under current law, a person who operates a motor vehicle in 9 excess of a speed limit under Code section 321.236(5, 11) 10 (public parks and alleys), Code section 321.285 (speed 11 restrictions generally), Code section 321.383(5) (implements of 12 husbandry), Code section 321O.5(1) (personal delivery devices), 13 or Code section 461A.36 (state parks and preserves), commits a 14 simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine that varies 15 depending on the excessive speed. The fine ranges from $30 for 16 a speed in excess of the limit by not more than 5 miles per hour 17 (MPH) to $135 plus $5 for each MPH of excessive speed over 20 18 MPH over the limit. This bill increases the scheduled fine for 19 excessive speed over 20 MPH over the limit to $285 plus $5 for 20 each MPH of excessive speed over 20 MPH over the limit. 21 -1- LSB 5618HV (2) 91 th/ns 1/ 1