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SF 27Died when the session ended · March 4, 2026

Relating to required information in the electronic database used by the department of transportation and law enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver’s license information

Sponsored by Sen. Mike Klimesh (R)

Topics:Courts & civil lawPublic safety & emergenciesTransportation

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 4, 2025
  4. Done: Passes the SenateMarch 19, 202547–0
  5. Done: House committeeMarch 31, 2025
  6. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 4, 202697–0
  7. Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 The Department of Transportation would add information to its database showing if a driver has finished a required driver improvement course. Court clerks must tell the Department of Transportation when a person is ordered to take these classes and when they finish them. This change helps law enforcement and the state track whether drivers have completed their required safety training.1

Read the official explanation

This bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) to include in the electronic database used by the DOT and law enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver’s license information, details indicating whether a driver has been required to take or has completed remedial driver improvement action, including a driver improvement education course. The bill also requires the clerk of the district court to notify the DOT within days after a person is ordered by a court to complete remedial driver improvement action, including a driver improvement education course, and within days after the person completes the action. F.180B is convicted of a moving violation or has a contributive accident, and the violation or accident occurred during the term of the instruction permit or intermediate license. In addition, the DOT may require a driver to complete a driver improvement program in lieu of driver’s license suspension under certain circumstances.6.

Changed since by amendment H-8107; see Amendments.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named January 22, 2026. On February 4, 2026 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§321.491A

Amends§602.8102

How the Code works3

Lobbying

1 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

  • HF 2307 Relating to required information in the electronic database used by the department of tran…
    90th General Assembly · Passed House · same title
    Passed a chamber
  • HF 2133 Relating to required information in the electronic database used by the department of tran…
    90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2307 · very similar
    Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.