Bill Text: IA HF2187 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the department of transportation to provide information relating to whether a person has been convicted of a felony to certain peace officers and employees of law enforcement agencies, and including applicability provisions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-01 - Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 187. [HF2187 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2187-Introduced.html
House File 2187 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY WILLS A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring the department of transportation to provide 2 information relating to whether a person has been convicted 3 of a felony to certain peace officers and employees of 4 law enforcement agencies, and including applicability 5 provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5521YH (4) 87 ns/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.200B Felony convictions. 1 2 1. Upon receiving a person's application for issuance or 1 3 renewal of a driver's license, the department shall conduct a 1 4 state criminal history background check and national criminal 1 5 history check of the person to determine whether the person has 1 6 been convicted of a felony. If the person has been convicted 1 7 of a felony, the department shall indicate that the person 1 8 has been convicted of a felony to a peace officer or employee 1 9 of a law enforcement agency at the time the peace officer 1 10 or employee of a law enforcement agency requests from the 1 11 department the person's driver's license record or operating 1 12 record as part of a traffic stop of a motor vehicle involving 1 13 the person. 1 14 2. Notwithstanding section 321.10, 321.11, 321.11A, 1 15 or any other provision of law to the contrary, information 1 16 collected pursuant to this section shall not be made available 1 17 to the public or to any person other than to a peace officer 1 18 or employee of a law enforcement agency requesting from the 1 19 department a person's driver's license record or operating 1 20 record as part of a traffic stop of a motor vehicle involving 1 21 the person. 1 22 3. The department shall adopt rules as necessary for the 1 23 administration of this section. 1 24 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to applications 1 25 for issuance or renewal of a driver's license received by the 1 26 department of transportation on or after July 1, 2018. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 30 This bill requires the department of transportation (DOT), 1 31 upon receiving a person's application for issuance or renewal 1 32 of a driver's license, to conduct a state criminal history 1 33 background check and national criminal history check of the 1 34 person to determine whether the person has been convicted of a 1 35 felony. If the person has been convicted of a felony, the bill 2 1 requires the DOT to indicate that the person has been convicted 2 2 of a felony to a peace officer or employee of a law enforcement 2 3 agency at the time the peace officer or employee of a law 2 4 enforcement agency requests from the DOT the person's driver's 2 5 license record or operating record as part of a traffic stop 2 6 of a motor vehicle involving the person. The information 2 7 collected under the bill is prohibited from being made 2 8 available to the public or to any person other than a peace 2 9 officer or employee of a law enforcement agency requesting from 2 10 the DOT a person's driver's license record or operating record 2 11 as part of a traffic stop of a motor vehicle involving the 2 12 person. The bill requires the DOT to adopt rules as necessary. 2 13 The bill applies to applications for issuance or renewal of a 2 14 driver's license received by the DOT on or after July 1, 2018. LSB 5521YH (4) 87 ns/rh
