Relating to the manner in which motor vehicles turn at intersections, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the House
Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to the manner in which motor vehicles turn at intersections.320).311). The bill requires the driver to also keep the vehicle as close as practicable to the center line. If the left turn is from a two-way street into a one-way street, the bill requires the driver, after entering the intersection, to depart from the intersection as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of the street being entered. If the left turn is from a one-way street into a two-way street, the bill requires the driver to make the turn as close as practicable to the left-hand curb or edge of the street and, after entering the intersection, to depart from the intersection as close as practicable to the center line of the street being entered.

Read the full explanation

The bill requires a driver making a turn at an intersection from a laned highway into another laned highway to maintain and complete the turn by approaching, entering, and departing the intersection in the same corresponding lane. A “laned highway” is a highway the roadway of which is divided into three or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.311 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $135.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named February 18, 2025. On February 25, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.311

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Tried before

HF 170Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

HF 233Cleared committee

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

HF 170 Relating to the manner in which motor vehicles turn at intersections, and making penalties…
90th General Assembly · In committee · same title
Cleared committee

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