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SF 152Withdrawn · HF 257 became law instead · March 7, 2023

Relating to third-party testers who administer the knowledge and driving skills tests required for a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license

Sponsored by the Senate Transportation Committee

Topics:Transportation

Same legislation: HSB 28, SSB 1060, HF 257

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Also covers HSB 28 and SSB 1060 and HF 257.

What changed before it passed
Official bill pageLobbyist declarationsOne-pager to print

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 19, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 19, 2023
  3. Done: Senate committeeJanuary 26, 2023
  4. Done: Passes the SenateMarch 7, 202349–0
  5. Skipped: House committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 15, 202379–20
  7. Done: To the GovernorMarch 22, 2023
  8. Done: Signed into lawMarch 22, 2023

HF 257 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 257, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 257 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Instead of only allowing specific groups like transit systems or trucking associations to test drivers, the Department of Transportation can now allow other types of third-party testers. These testers must follow federal rules for knowledge and driving skills exams. The Department of Transportation also gains the power to limit what specific types of tests these third-party testers are allowed to give.1

Read the official explanation

Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) must examine applicants for driver’s licenses. The DOT is authorized to designate community colleges and other third-party testers to administer the knowledge and driving skills tests required for a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver’s license. A third-party tester, other than a community college, must be an Iowa-based motor carrier that operates a permanent commercial driver training facility in Iowa, an Iowa nonprofit corporation that serves as a trade association for Iowa-based motor carriers, or a public or regional transit system. This bill strikes the provisions that identify particular types of third-party testers, other than community colleges; requires any third-party test examiner used by a third-party tester to comply with existing federal regulations applicable to third-party knowledge and driving skills testing, as adopted by rule by the DOT; and authorizes the DOT to adopt rules restricting the testing scope of a third-party tester.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 19, 2023 (as SSB 1060). On January 25, 2023 it recommended passage. [].

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.187

How the Code works3

Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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Study bill

HSB 28RenumberedSSB 1060Renumbered

90th General Assembly

SF 152Didn’t advancefrom SSB 1060HF 257Became lawfrom HSB 28