Bill Text: IA HF2568 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to nonvehicular traffic, including pedestrian conveyances and bicyclists' right-of-way at certain crosswalks, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 586, HF 214.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-03 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 938. [HF2568 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2568-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
NONVEHICULAR
TRAFFIC,
INCLUDING
PEDESTRIAN
CONVEYANCES
AND
BICYCLISTS’
RIGHT-OF-WAY
AT
CERTAIN
CROSSWALKS,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.1,
subsection
51,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
51.
“Pedestrian”
means
any
a
person
afoot
or
a
person
using
a
pedestrian
conveyance
.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
51A.
“Pedestrian
conveyance”
means
any
human-powered
device
by
which
a
pedestrian
may
move
other
than
by
walking
or
by
which
a
pedestrian
may
move
another
person,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
wheelchair,
stroller,
skateboard,
scooter,
or
other
similar
device.
“Pedestrian
conveyance”
also
includes
an
electric
personal
assistive
mobility
device
and
any
other
device
used
to
move
a
person
sitting
or
standing
on
the
device
regardless
of
whether
the
device
is
powered
by
an
electric
motor,
so
long
as
the
electric
motor
produces
less
than
seven
hundred
fifty
watts.
“Pedestrian
conveyance”
does
not
include
a
bicycle.
Sec.
3.
Section
321.1,
subsection
90,
paragraph
a,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
Any
device
moved
by
human
power,
including
a
low-speed
electric
bicycle
and
a
pedestrian
conveyance
.
House
File
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p.
2
Sec.
4.
Section
321.235A,
subsection
2,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
Yield
the
right-of-way
to
other
pedestrians
and
human-powered
devices
.
b.
Give
an
audible
signal
before
overtaking
and
passing
a
pedestrian
or
human-powered
device
.
Sec.
5.
Section
321.327,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
Where
traffic-control
signals
are
not
in
place
or
in
operation
,
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
shall
yield
the
right-of-way,
slowing
down
or
stopping
if
need
be
to
so
yield,
to
a
pedestrian
or
a
person
riding
a
bicycle
crossing
the
roadway
within
any
marked
crosswalk
or
within
any
unmarked
crosswalk
at
an
intersection,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
this
chapter
.
Sec.
6.
Section
321.366,
subsection
1,
paragraph
g,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
g.
Operate
Ride
a
bicycle
,
skateboard,
or
other
use
a
pedestrian
conveyance
,
or
be
a
pedestrian
,
anywhere
on
a
fully
controlled-access
facility.
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“pedestrian
conveyance”
means
any
human-powered
device
by
which
a
pedestrian
may
move
other
than
by
walking
or
by
which
a
walking
person
may
move
another
pedestrian,
including
but
not
limited
to
strollers
and
wheelchairs.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2568,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor