HF 2653: Relating to the suspension of a person’s driver’s license for unlawful or fraudulent uses, and including applicability provisions

What it does

Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) is authorized to adopt rules providing for the suspension of a person’s driver’s license for up to one year upon days’ notice and without preliminary hearing upon a showing by the DOT’s records or other sufficient evidence that the person has, among other things, permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of the person’s license. However, if the suspension is due to a person under the age of altering, displaying, or possessing a fictitious or fraudulently altered driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card to obtain alcohol, the DOT is authorized to suspend the license for up to six months.

House subcommittee · named February 10, 2026

• Rep. Sam Wengryn (R) · sam.wengryn@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Eric J. Gjerde (D) · eric.gjerde@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Christian A. Hermanson (R) · christian.hermanson@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. February 10, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee · as HSB 707
2. February 10, 2026House subcommittee named: Wengryn, Gjerde and Hermanson · as HSB 707
3. February 11, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 707
4. February 18, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 707
5. February 18, 2026Committee vote: 22–0 · as HSB 707
6. February 20, 2026Filed in the House
7. February 20, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2653 · as HSB 707