Amendment H-1154 to HF 918
Relating to motor vehicle financial liability coverage, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions
Adopted · March 24, 2025
Filed March 24, 2025 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment changes the penalties for not having insurance, making a first-time violation a simple misdemeanor. It also sets specific fines of $325 for most violations and $645 if the violation is related to a motor vehicle accident, with fines doubling for a second violation and tripling for a third or subsequent violation within five years. Finally, it specifies how the money collected from these fines is split between the victim compensation fund, the county, and the state's general fund.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, by striking lines 13 through
- Page 1, by striking lines 23 through
- Page 2, by striking lines 2 through
- Page 2, line 19, by striking “5B.” and inserting “5A.”
- By striking page 2, line 32, through page 3, line 3, and inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION . 5B. A person convicted of a violation of subsection 1 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph “f” .”
- By striking page 3, line 25, through page 4, line 3, and inserting: “f. Proof of financial responsibility. If, in connection with a motor vehicle accident, a person is charged and found guilty of a violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1 , the scheduled fine is six hundred forty-five dollars; otherwise, the scheduled fine for a violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1 , is three hundred twenty-five dollars. (1) The scheduled fine for a violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, is as follows: (a) If the violation occurred in connection with a motor vehicle accident . . . . . . . . . . . . $645. (b) If the violation did not occur in connection with a motor vehicle accident . . . . . . . . . . . . $325. (c) For a second violation within five years, the scheduled fine under subparagraph division (a) or (b), as applicable, shall be doubled. (d) For a third or subsequent violation within five years, the scheduled fine under subparagraph division (a) or (b), as applicable, shall be tripled. (2) Notwithstanding section 805.12 , fines collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be submitted to the state court administrator and distributed fifty percent to the victim compensation fund established in section 915.94 , twenty-five percent to the county in which such fine is imposed, and twenty-five percent to the general fund of the state.”
- By renumbering as necessary.