Bill Text: IA SF2074 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the operation of motor vehicles by persons without a valid driver's license or financial liability coverage, and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-09 - Subcommittee, Horn, Bisignano, and Shipley. S.J. 190. [SF2074 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2074-Introduced.html
Senate File 2074 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the operation of motor vehicles by persons 2 without a valid driver's license or financial liability 3 coverage, and providing penalties. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5520XS (2) 86 ns/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 614.28A Persons without valid 1 2 driver's licenses or financial liability coverage. 1 3 No action for damages for death, personal injury, or 1 4 property damage resulting from a motor vehicle accident or 1 5 collision shall be brought by a person involved in the accident 1 6 or collision, regardless of fault, if the person, at the time 1 7 of the accident or collision, was operating a motor vehicle 1 8 with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver's license 1 9 in violation of section 321.218, 321A.32, or 321J.21, or 1 10 without financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle 1 11 in violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 726.6, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 1 13 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 14 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. Knowingly operates a motor vehicle with 1 15 a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked driver's license in 1 16 violation of section 321.218, 321A.32, or 321J.21, or without 1 17 financial liability coverage in effect for the vehicle in 1 18 violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, while the child or 1 19 minor is a passenger in the vehicle. 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 22 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 23 If a person operates a motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, 1 24 suspended, or revoked driver's license or without financial 1 25 liability coverage in effect for the vehicle and an accident or 1 26 collision occurs, this bill prohibits the person from bringing 1 27 a civil action for property damage, personal injury, or death 1 28 resulting from the accident or collision, regardless of fault. 1 29 In addition, the bill provides that knowingly operating a 1 30 motor vehicle with a denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked 1 31 driver's license or without financial liability coverage in 1 32 effect for the vehicle, while a child under 14 years of age 1 33 or a minor under 18 years of age with a mental or physical 1 34 disability is a passenger in the vehicle, constitutes child 1 35 endangerment. Child endangerment is punishable as a class "B" 2 1 felony if the child or minor dies, a class "C" felony if the 2 2 child or minor is seriously injured, a class "D" felony if the 2 3 child or minor is injured, and an aggravated misdemeanor if the 2 4 child or minor is not injured. LSB 5520XS (2) 86 ns/nh
