Bill Text: IA HF214 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to bicyclists' right-of-way at certain crosswalks, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 586, HF 2568.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-29 - Withdrawn. H.J. 481. [HF214 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF214-Introduced.html
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BY
GERHOLD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
bicyclists’
right-of-way
at
certain
1
crosswalks,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.327,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Where
traffic-control
signals
are
not
in
place
3
or
in
operation
,
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
shall
yield
the
4
right-of-way,
slowing
down
or
stopping
if
need
be
to
so
yield,
5
to
a
pedestrian
or
a
person
riding
a
bicycle
crossing
the
6
roadway
within
any
marked
crosswalk
or
within
any
unmarked
7
crosswalk
at
an
intersection,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
8
this
chapter
.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
Under
current
law,
a
person
riding
a
bicycle
(bicyclist)
13
on
a
highway
is
subject
to
the
provisions
of
Code
chapter
321
14
(motor
vehicles
and
law
of
the
road)
and
has
all
the
rights
and
15
duties
applicable
to
a
driver,
except
those
provisions
which
16
by
their
nature
have
no
application
and
those
provisions
for
17
which
specific
exceptions
have
been
set
forth
regarding
police
18
bicycles
(Code
section
321.234).
In
addition,
current
law
19
penalizes
certain
actions
against
bicyclists,
such
as
steering
20
a
vehicle
unreasonably
close
to
the
bicyclist
or
projecting
an
21
object
at
the
bicyclist
(Code
section
321.281).
22
This
bill
requires
a
driver
to
yield
the
right-of-way
to
a
23
bicyclist
crossing
the
roadway
within
any
marked
crosswalk,
24
or
within
any
unmarked
crosswalk
at
an
intersection,
in
25
the
same
manner
required
when
yielding
to
pedestrians
where
26
traffic-control
signals
are
not
in
place
or
in
operation.
27
A
violation
of
the
bill
is
a
simple
misdemeanor
punishable
by
28
a
$135
scheduled
fine.
By
operation
of
law,
if
the
violation
29
causes
a
serious
injury,
a
court
could
impose
an
additional
30
fine
of
$500
or
suspend
the
person’s
driver’s
license
for
not
31
more
than
90
days,
or
both.
If
the
violation
causes
a
death,
a
32
court
could
impose
an
additional
fine
of
$1,000
or
suspend
the
33
person’s
driver’s
license
for
not
more
than
180
days,
or
both
34
(Code
section
321.482A).
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