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88th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2153: Increasing the scheduled fine for writing, sending, or viewing an electronic message while driving on a highway within two hundred feet of a school

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on June 14, 2020. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 13, 2020

  • Rep. Jon Thorup (R)
  • Rep. Dean Fisher (R) · dean.fisher@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Monica Kurth (D) · monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 10 for, 0 against

For: Allied Insurance; American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA); Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company; Iowa Insurance Institute; Iowa Peace Officers Association; Iowa State Association of Counties; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; Nationwide Agribusiness; Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co.; State Farm Insurance

In plain words

  1. January 28, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee
  2. February 13, 2020House subcommittee named: Thorup, Fisher and Kurth
  3. February 18, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 19, 2020Approved by the House committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2153