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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 203: Authorizing certain persons to administer the final field test of an approved driver education course

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

Under current law, a student driver can complete an approved driver education course which consists of both classroom instruction and street or highway driving instruction. Prior to completion of the course, a final field test must be administered by a person qualified as a classroom driver education instructor and certified to provide street and highway driving instruction.178 requires a person to have satisfied the educational requirements for a teaching license at the elementary or secondary level and hold a valid license to teach driver education in Iowa public schools.

Sponsors

Transportation (companion To Sf 157 By Committee on Transportation) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 12, 2023

  • Rep. Devon Wood (R) · devon.wood@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D) · sean.bagniewski@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ray Sorensen (R) · ray.sorensen@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Dept. of Transportation

In plain words

  1. January 12, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Transportation committee · as HSB 26
  2. January 12, 2023House subcommittee named: Wood, Bagniewski and Sorensen · as HSB 26
  3. January 31, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 26
  4. February 1, 2023Approved by the House committee · as HSB 26
  5. February 6, 2023Filed in the House
  6. February 6, 2023Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 203 · as HSB 26
  7. February 15, 2023Withdrawn

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/90/HF203