Senate File 27 - Introduced SENATE FILE 27 BY KLIMESH 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 1101XS (2) 91 th/ns
S.F. 27 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 Sec. 2. Section 602.8102, Code 2025, is amended by adding 11 the following new subsection: 12 NEW SUBSECTION . 52. If a person is ordered to complete 13 remedial driver improvement action, including any driver 14 improvement education course, the clerk shall forward a copy 15 of the order to the department of transportation within ten 16 days of the order. The clerk shall notify the department of 17 transportation that the person completed such action within ten 18 days of receiving confirmation that the person completed the 19 action. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) 24 to include in the electronic database used by the DOT and law 25 enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver’s 26 license information, details indicating whether a driver 27 has been required to take or has completed remedial driver 28 improvement action, including a driver improvement education 29 course. The bill also requires the clerk of the district court 30 to notify the DOT within 10 days after a person is ordered by a 31 court to complete remedial driver improvement action, including 32 a driver improvement education course, and within 10 days after 33 the person completes the action. 34 Under current law and administrative rules adopted by the 35 -1- LSB 1101XS (2) 91 th/ns 1/ 2
S.F. 27 DOT, the DOT must require remedial driver improvement action 1 when a person holding an instruction permit, intermediate 2 license, or full-privilege driver’s license under Code 3 section 321.180B is convicted of a moving violation or has a 4 contributive accident, and the violation or accident occurred 5 during the term of the instruction permit or intermediate 6 license. In addition, the DOT may require a driver to complete 7 a driver improvement program in lieu of driver’s license 8 suspension under certain circumstances. A court has discretion 9 to order a person to complete a remedial driver improvement 10 program, including by approving the program as a condition of 11 probation in accordance with Code section 907.6. 12 -2- LSB 1101XS (2) 91 th/ns 2/ 2