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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 451: Requiring a distinguishing mark on driver’s licenses issued to persons convicted of a third or subsequent offense of operating while intoxicated

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill requires an application for a temporary restricted license or driver’s license by a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of operating while intoxicated to be accompanied by a statement signed by the person that the person will abstain from consuming alcoholic beverages in public and from possessing or using controlled substances. The bill requires the person’s temporary restricted license or driver’s license to contain a distinguishing mark on the back of the license. The bill provides that the person’s pledge to abstain from consuming alcoholic beverages in public and from possessing or using controlled substances is a condition of the issuance and validity of a temporary restricted license or driver’s license.

Sponsors

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Cost

No fiscal note

In plain words

  1. February 9, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Transportation committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF451