House File 2586 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2586 BY LARSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to temporary restricted licenses issued to 1 persons whose driver’s license is suspended. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6652YH (3) 91 th/ns

H.F. 2586 Section 1. Section 321.215, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 The department , on application, may issue a temporary 4 restricted license to a person whose noncommercial driver’s 5 license is suspended or revoked under this chapter , allowing 6 the person to drive to and from the person’s home and specified 7 places at specified times which can be verified by the 8 department and which are required by any of the following: if 9 the person submits an application for the temporary restricted 10 license with the required fee and provides proof the person 11 successfully completed a remedial driver improvement action. 12 A person holding a temporary restricted license may operate a 13 motor vehicle in any manner allowed for a person issued a valid 14 class C driver’s license. 15 Sec. 2. Section 321.215, subsection 1, paragraph a, 16 subparagraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), Code 2026, are 17 amended by striking the subparagraphs. 18 Sec. 3. Section 321.215, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 19 2026, is amended by striking the paragraph. 20 Sec. 4. Section 321J.20A, subsection 3, Code 2026, is 21 amended by striking the subsection. 22 Sec. 5. PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TEMPORARY RESTRICTED LICENSES. A 23 person who holds a temporary restricted license that was issued 24 under section 321.215, Code 2026, before the effective date 25 of this Act shall not be required to successfully complete a 26 remedial driver improvement action and may continue to operate 27 a motor vehicle in accordance with section 321.215, Code 2026, 28 on and after the effective date of this Act. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 Under current law, a person whose driver’s license is 33 suspended or revoked under Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and 34 law of the road) may apply to the department of transportation 35 -1- LSB 6652YH (3) 91 th/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2586 (DOT) for a temporary restricted license (TRL), and the DOT 1 may issue a TRL that authorizes the person to drive to and 2 from the person’s home and specified places at specified times 3 which can be verified by the DOT and which are required by 4 the person’s full-time or part-time employment, the person’s 5 continuing health care or the continuing health care of another 6 who is dependent upon the person, the person’s continuing 7 education, the person’s substance use disorder treatment, the 8 person’s court-ordered community service responsibilities, or 9 the person’s appointments with the person’s parole or probation 10 officer. A person who is issued a TRL under Code section 11 321J.20 for an operating while intoxicated violation is allowed 12 to operate a motor vehicle in any manner allowed for a person 13 issued a valid class C driver’s license, unless otherwise 14 provided, but is required to install an ignition interlock 15 device before receiving a TRL. 16 This bill authorizes the DOT to issue a TRL to a person 17 whose noncommercial driver’s license is suspended or revoked 18 under Code chapter 321 if the person submits an application for 19 the TRL with the required fee and provides proof the person 20 successfully completed a remedial driver improvement action. 21 The bill strikes the specified place and time restrictions, and 22 instead makes a TRL valid for the person to operate a motor 23 vehicle in any manner allowed for a person issued a valid class 24 C driver’s license. 25 The bill does not amend the prohibition on issuing a TRL for 26 certain violations described under Code section 321.215(1)(b) 27 or the eligibility of a person to apply for a TRL for certain 28 violations that would otherwise make the person ineligible for 29 a TRL in cases of hardship. 30 The bill makes conforming changes by striking requirements 31 for a person who receives a TRL due to a hardship or without 32 installing an ignition interlock device because the person has 33 a medical waiver to only operate a motor vehicle in accordance 34 with the specific places and specific times that are stricken 35 -2- LSB 6652YH (3) 91 th/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2586 by the bill. 1 In accordance with current law, a TRL must be canceled upon 2 conviction of a moving traffic violation or upon a violation 3 of a term of the license, and a TRL is not valid to operate 4 a commercial motor vehicle if a commercial driver’s license 5 or commercial learner’s permit is required for the person’s 6 operation of the commercial motor vehicle. 7 The bill does not require a person holding a TRL that was 8 issued before July 1, 2026, to successfully complete a remedial 9 driver improvement action and authorizes the person to continue 10 to operate a motor vehicle in accordance with the current 11 restrictions on and after July 1, 2026. 12 -3- LSB 6652YH (3) 91 th/ns 3/ 3