Bill Text: IA HF524 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle accidents resulting in injury or death, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 118.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1209. [HF524 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF524-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
MOTOR
VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
RESULTING
IN
INJURY
OR
DEATH,
PROVIDING
PENALTIES,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.209,
subsection
3,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
Failure
to
stop
and
render
aid
as
required
under
the
laws
of
this
state
or
to
otherwise
comply
with
section
321.261
in
the
event
of
a
motor
vehicle
accident
resulting
in
the
death
or
personal
injury
of
another.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.261,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
a.
The
driver
of
any
vehicle
who
knows
or
has
reason
to
believe
that
the
driver’s
vehicle
was
involved
in
an
accident
resulting
in
injury
to
or
death
of
any
person
shall
immediately
stop
the
vehicle
at
the
scene
of
the
accident
or
as
close
as
possible
and
if
able,
shall
then
return
to
and
remain
at
the
scene
of
the
accident
in
accordance
with
section
321.263
.
Every
such
stop
shall
be
made
without
obstructing
traffic
more
than
is
necessary.
b.
If
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
leaves
the
scene
of
an
accident
resulting
in
injury
to
or
death
of
a
person
without
knowledge
or
reason
to
believe
that
the
driver’s
vehicle
was
involved
in
the
accident,
and
later
discovers
that
the
driver’s
vehicle
may
have
been
involved
in
an
accident
that
resulted
in
injury
to
or
death
of
a
person,
the
driver
shall,
as
soon
as
House
File
524,
p.
2
reasonably
possible,
make
a
good-faith
effort
to
immediately
contact
emergency
services
or
make
a
911
call
and
provide
the
dispatcher
with
any
requested
information
described
in
section
321.263
and
the
location
and
possible
time
of
the
accident.
Sec.
3.
Section
321.261,
subsections
3
and
4,
Code
2021,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
a.
Notwithstanding
subsection
2
,
any
person
failing
to
stop
or
to
comply
with
the
requirements
in
subsection
1
,
in
the
event
of
an
accident
resulting
in
a
serious
injury
to
any
person,
is
guilty
upon
conviction
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
b.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
who
knows
or
has
reason
to
believe
that
the
driver’s
vehicle
caused
an
accident
resulting
in
a
serious
injury
to
one
or
more
persons,
and
who
fails
to
stop
or
comply
with
the
requirements
of
subsection
1,
is
guilty
upon
conviction
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
c.
For
purposes
of
this
section
subsection
,
“serious
injury”
means
as
defined
in
section
702.18
.
4.
a.
A
person
failing
to
stop
or
to
comply
with
the
requirements
in
subsection
1
,
in
the
event
of
an
accident
resulting
in
the
death
of
a
person,
is
guilty
upon
conviction
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
b.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
who
knows
or
has
reason
to
believe
that
the
driver’s
vehicle
caused
an
accident
resulting
in
the
death
of
one
or
more
persons,
and
who
fails
to
stop
or
comply
with
the
requirements
of
subsection
1,
is
guilty
upon
conviction
of
a
class
“C”
felony.
Sec.
4.
Section
321.261,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
any
person
who
has
suffered
physical,
emotional,
or
financial
harm
as
the
result
of
a
motor
vehicle
accident
from
which
another
person
who
caused
the
accident
failed
to
stop
or
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
subsection
1,
as
described
in
subsection
3,
paragraph
“b”
,
and
subsection
4,
paragraph
“b”
,
shall
be
considered
a
victim
pursuant
to
chapter
915,
subchapter
II,
for
purposes
of
any
related
proceedings
against
the
other
person.
House
File
524,
p.
3
Sec.
5.
Section
321.555,
subsection
1,
paragraph
f,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
f.
Failure
to
stop
and
leave
information
,
or
to
render
aid
as
required
by
,
or
to
otherwise
comply
with
sections
321.261
and
321.263
.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
andis
known
as
House
File
524,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
