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A bill for an act 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.

A bill for an act 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.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
KLIMESH
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Message from House, with amendment S-5069 . S.J. 479 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act 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.

A bill for an act 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.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act 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.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 Iowa Legislature

    Message from House, with amendment S-5069 . S.J. 479 .

  2. 2026-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. H.J. 569 .

  3. 2026-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Passed House , yeas 97, nays 0. H.J. 543 .

  4. 2026-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8107 adopted. H.J. 543 .

  5. 2026-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment H-8107 filed. H.J. 525 .

  6. 2026-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar. H.J. 288 .

  7. 2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 288 .

  8. 2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 288 .

  9. 2026-02-04 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  10. 2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 8:15AM RM 102.

  11. 2026-01-22 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee reassigned: Meggers, Cooling and Wood. H.J. 146 .

  12. 2026-01-20 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Jeneary, Cooling and Meggers. H.J. 126 .

  13. 2025-12-31 Iowa Legislature

    * * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *

  14. 2025-05-15 Iowa Legislature

    Rereferred to Transportation. H.J. 1222 .

  15. 2025-04-10 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 928 .

  16. 2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar. H.J. 879 .

  17. 2025-03-31 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 879 .

  18. 2025-03-31 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 879 .

  19. 2025-03-31 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  20. 2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 12:45PM House Lounge.

  21. 2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Jeneary, Kressig and Meggers. H.J. 852 .

  22. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, referred to Transportation. H.J. 749 .

  23. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 722 .

  24. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 577 .

  25. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 573 .

  26. 2025-02-04 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar.

  27. 2025-02-04 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 198 .

  28. 2025-01-21 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  29. 2025-01-16 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2025 1:30PM Senate Lounge.

  30. 2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Klimesh, Bennett, and Warme. S.J. 90 .

  31. 2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Transportation. S.J. 67 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act 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.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Senate

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

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BY

KLIMESH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

required

information

in

the

electronic

1

database

used

by

the

department

of

transportation

and

law

2

enforcement

to

access

registration,

titling,

and

driver’s

3

license

information.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

321.491A

Driver

improvement

1

information.

2

The

department

shall

include

in

the

electronic

database

used

3

by

the

department

and

law

enforcement

to

access

registration,

4

titling,

and

driver’s

license

information,

details

indicating

5

whether

a

driver

has

been

required

by

the

department

or

ordered

6

by

a

court

to

complete

remedial

driver

improvement

action,

7

including

any

driver

improvement

education

course,

following

an

8

arrest,

citation,

conviction,

or

accident,

and

if

so,

whether

9

the

driver

completed

the

action.

10

Sec.

2.

Section

602.8102,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

11

the

following

new

subsection:

12

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

52.

If

a

person

is

ordered

to

complete

13

remedial

driver

improvement

action,

including

any

driver

14

improvement

education

course,

the

clerk

shall

forward

a

copy

15

of

the

order

to

the

department

of

transportation

within

ten

16

days

of

the

order.

The

clerk

shall

notify

the

department

of

17

transportation

that

the

person

completed

such

action

within

ten

18

days

of

receiving

confirmation

that

the

person

completed

the

19

action.

20

EXPLANATION

21

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

22

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

23

This

bill

requires

the

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

24

to

include

in

the

electronic

database

used

by

the

DOT

and

law

25

enforcement

to

access

registration,

titling,

and

driver’s

26

license

information,

details

indicating

whether

a

driver

27

has

been

required

to

take

or

has

completed

remedial

driver

28

improvement

action,

including

a

driver

improvement

education

29

course.

The

bill

also

requires

the

clerk

of

the

district

court

30

to

notify

the

DOT

within

10

days

after

a

person

is

ordered

by

a

31

court

to

complete

remedial

driver

improvement

action,

including

32

a

driver

improvement

education

course,

and

within

10

days

after

33

the

person

completes

the

action.

34

Under

current

law

and

administrative

rules

adopted

by

the

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2

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DOT,

the

DOT

must

require

remedial

driver

improvement

action

1

when

a

person

holding

an

instruction

permit,

intermediate

2

license,

or

full-privilege

driver’s

license

under

Code

3

section

321.180B

is

convicted

of

a

moving

violation

or

has

a

4

contributive

accident,

and

the

violation

or

accident

occurred

5

during

the

term

of

the

instruction

permit

or

intermediate

6

license.

In

addition,

the

DOT

may

require

a

driver

to

complete

7

a

driver

improvement

program

in

lieu

of

driver’s

license

8

suspension

under

certain

circumstances.

A

court

has

discretion

9

to

order

a

person

to

complete

a

remedial

driver

improvement

10

program,

including

by

approving

the

program

as

a

condition

of

11

probation

in

accordance

with

Code

section

907.6.

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