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Relating to the minimum amounts required for motor vehicle financial responsibility, and making penalties applicable
Topics:InsuranceTransportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2024
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Drivers in Iowa would be required to carry more insurance money to cover injuries or property damage caused in a car accident. If a person drives without this required insurance, they could face fines, have their vehicle impounded, or lose their license plates. These new rules ensure that car insurance amounts match the standards already used by rideshare drivers.1
Read the official explanation
This bill increases the minimum amounts of coverage required for motor vehicle financial responsibility for bodily injury or death of one person ($20,000 to $50,000), bodily injury or death of two or more persons ($40,000 to $100,000), and property damage ($15,000 to $25,000). Such amounts match the requirements under current law for transportation network company drivers (Code chapter 321N). The bill makes corresponding changes to provisions regarding associated policies, bonds, and judgments. A person who violates a provision of Code chapter 321A which does not otherwise provide a penalty commits a serious misdemeanor, punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560. 20B prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle unless financial liability coverage is in effect for the vehicle and the person carries proof of such coverage. By operation of law, the associated coverage amounts are increased by the bill.20B commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a $325 scheduled fine. If a violation is discovered in connection with a motor vehicle accident, the fine increases to $645. The person is also subject to possible removal of the vehicle’s registration plates and registration receipt, and impoundment of the vehicle.
House subcommittee
Named January 23, 2024. On January 31, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
2 for · 5 against · 6 undecided · Who →
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