Relating to citizenship or immigration status for purposes of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2025
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 13, 2025
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 439 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 439 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires a person applying for a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, including for renewal of either, to provide the person’s status as a citizen of the United States or status as a noncitizen authorized to be in the United States. The department of transportation (DOT) must include a person’s status on the back side of the person’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, as applicable. The bill applies to driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards issued as a result of an application made, including for renewal, on or after the effective date of the bill.

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 January 17, 2025. On January 29, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Skyler Wheeler REmail
• Rep. Lindsay James DEmail
• Rep. Craig Steven Williams REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.182§321.189§321.190

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Family tree

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

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