Amendment S-5153 to SF 378

Filed April 2, 2026 in the Senate by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment increases the speed limit range for certain minor speeding violations from up to 56 miles per hour to up to 61 miles per hour. It also updates the year referenced in the bill from 2025 to 2026.¹

What it changes

1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: “Section
2. Section 321.210, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: d. The first two speeding violations within any twelve-month period of that are ten or fewer miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit in a speed zones having zone with a legal speed limit between thirty-four miles per hour and fifty-six sixty-one miles per hour. Sec. ___. Section 321.210C, subsection 3, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
3. For purposes of determining a conviction under this section , the department shall not consider the first two speeding violations within the probation period that are ten or fewer miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit in a speed zones having zone with a legal speed limit between thirty-four miles per hour and fifty-six sixty-one miles per hour.”
4. Page 1, line 1, by striking “2025” and inserting “2026”
5. Page 1, after line 5 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 321A.3, subsection 4, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
6. The abstract of operating record provided under this section shall that includes a speeding violation must designate which speeding violations occurring whether the violation was ten or fewer miles per hour over the speed limit and occurred under any of the following circumstances: a. The violation occurred on or after July 1, 1986, but before May 12, 1987, are for violations of ten miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit in a speed zones that have zone with a legal speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour. For speeding violations occurring b. The violation occurred on or after May 12, 1987, the abstract provided under this section shall designate which speeding violations are for ten miles per hour or less over the -1- SF 378.3761.H (1) 91 md 1/ 3 legal speed limit but before July 1, 2026, in a speed zones that have zone with a legal speed limit equal to or greater than thirty-five between thirty-four miles per hour but not greater than fifty-five and fifty-six miles per hour. c. The violation occurred on or after July 1, 2026, in a speed zone with a speed limit between thirty-four miles per hour and sixty-one miles per hour. Sec. ___. Section 516B.3, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
7. The commissioner shall require that insurance companies An insurance company transacting business in this state shall not consider the first two speeding violations occurring that occur in any twelve-month period for the purpose of establishing rates for motor vehicle insurance charged by the insurer or to cancel or refuse to renew any such policy if the speeding violations were ten or fewer miles per hour over the speed limit and occurred under any of the following circumstances: a. The speeding violations occurred on or after July 1, 1986, but before May 12, 1987, which are for speeding violations for ten miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit in a speed zones that have zone with a legal speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour or speeding violations occurring . b. The speeding violations occurred on or after May 12, 1987, which are for speeding violations for ten miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit but before July 1, 2026, in a speed zones that have zone with a legal speed limit equal to or greater than thirty-five between thirty-four miles per hour but not greater than fifty-five and fifty-six miles per hour for the purpose of establishing rates for motor vehicle insurance charged by the insurer and shall require that insurance companies not cancel or refuse to renew any such policy for such violations . In any twelve-month period, this section applies only to the first two such violations which occur. -2- SF 378.3761.H (1) 91 md 2/ 3 c. The speeding violations occurred on or after July 1, 2026, in a speed zone with a speed limit between thirty-four miles per hour and sixty-one miles per hour.”
8. Title page, line 1, after “to” by inserting “speed limits, including the speed limit range for which certain excessive speed violations cannot be considered for certain purposes and”
9. By renumbering as necessary. -3- SF 378.3761.H (1) 91 md 3/ 3

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