House File 2669 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2669 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2476) A BILL FOR An Act relating to driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s 1 identification cards marked to reflect a holder’s 2 nonapparent disability status, and including applicability 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5121HV (2) 91 th/ns

H.F. 2669 Section 1. Section 321.189, subsection 10, Code 2026, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 10. Autism spectrum disorder Nonapparent disability 3 status. A licensee who has a nonapparent disability, 4 including autism spectrum disorder, as defined in section 5 514C.28 , a mental disability, as defined in section 915.37, a 6 developmental disability, as defined in section 335.25, or any 7 other intellectual disability, may request that the license 8 be marked to reflect the licensee’s autism spectrum disorder 9 nonapparent disability status on the face of the license when 10 the licensee applies for the issuance or renewal of a license. 11 A licensee may choose to have the face of the person’s license 12 marked with a butterfly design approved by the department, or 13 in a manner the department determines is sufficient to signify 14 the person has a nonapparent disability. The department may 15 adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing criteria under 16 which a license may be marked, including requiring the licensee 17 to submit medical proof of the licensee’s autism spectrum 18 disorder nonapparent disability status. When a driver’s 19 license is so marked, the licensee’s autism spectrum disorder 20 nonapparent disability status shall be noted in the electronic 21 database used by the department and law enforcement to access 22 registration, titling, and driver’s license information. The 23 department, in consultation with the department of health 24 and human services, shall develop educational media to raise 25 awareness of a licensee’s ability to request the license be 26 marked to reflect the licensee’s autism spectrum disorder 27 nonapparent disability status. 28 Sec. 2. Section 321.190, subsection 1, paragraph b, 29 subparagraph (6), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 30 (6) An applicant for a nonoperator’s identification 31 card who has autism spectrum disorder, as defined in section 32 514C.28 a nonapparent disability, as described in section 33 321.189, subsection 10 , may request that the card be marked to 34 reflect the applicant’s autism spectrum disorder nonapparent 35 -1- LSB 5121HV (2) 91 th/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2669 disability status on the face of the card when the applicant 1 applies for the issuance or renewal of a card. An applicant 2 may choose to have the face of the person’s card marked with 3 a butterfly design approved by the department, or in a manner 4 the department determines is sufficient to signify the person 5 has a nonapparent disability. The department may adopt rules 6 pursuant to chapter 17A establishing criteria under which a 7 card may be marked, including requiring the applicant to submit 8 medical proof of the applicant’s autism spectrum disorder 9 nonapparent disability status. The department, in consultation 10 with the department of health and human services, shall develop 11 educational media to raise awareness of an applicant’s ability 12 to request the card be marked to reflect the applicant’s autism 13 spectrum disorder nonapparent disability status. 14 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies on and after March 15 1, 2027, or the date the department of transportation submits 16 to the Iowa administrative code editor for publication in the 17 Iowa administrative bulletin a statement by the director of 18 transportation that the applicable phase of the department of 19 transportation’s new records system is implemented, whichever 20 is earlier. The department shall also forward a copy of the 21 statement to the Iowa Code editor. 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 Under current law, a person who has autism spectrum 26 disorder may be issued a driver’s license or nonoperator’s 27 identification card (ID card) that is marked to reflect the 28 person’s autism spectrum disorder status on the face of the 29 license or ID card. This bill instead authorizes a person 30 with a nonapparent disability, as described in the bill, to 31 be issued a driver’s license or ID card marked to reflect the 32 person’s nonapparent disability status. A person must request 33 the person’s license or ID card be marked when the person 34 applies for issuance or renewal of a license or ID card. A 35 -2- LSB 5121HV (2) 91 th/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2669 person may choose to have the license or ID card marked with a 1 butterfly design approved by the department of transportation 2 (DOT) or in a manner the DOT determines is sufficient to 3 signify the person has a nonapparent disability. In accordance 4 with current law, the DOT may establish criteria under which 5 a license or ID card may be marked, including requiring 6 an applicant to submit medical proof of the applicant’s 7 nonapparent disability status. 8 The bill does not amend the manner in which a license or 9 ID card is marked to reflect the status of a deaf person or 10 hard-of-hearing person pursuant to Code sections 321.189(9) and 11 321.190(1)(b)(5). 12 The bill applies on and after March 1, 2027, or the date 13 the DOT submits to the Iowa administrative code editor for 14 publication in the Iowa administrative bulletin a statement by 15 the director of transportation that the applicable phase of the 16 DOT’s new records system is implemented, whichever is earlier. 17 The DOT is also required to forward a copy of the statement to 18 the Iowa Code editor. 19 -3- LSB 5121HV (2) 91 th/ns 3/ 3