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IA HF613
Bill
Status
2/26/2025
Primary Sponsor
Steven Holt
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AI Summary
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Increases the maximum driving distance for minors with special restricted driver's licenses who participate in open enrollment from 25 miles to 40 miles between their residence and school
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Current law allows licensees aged 14-18 who attend a public school within their own district to drive any distance between home and school, but open enrollment students are limited to 25 miles
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Amends Iowa Code Section 321.194 to provide the expanded 40-mile limit specifically for students enrolled through the open enrollment program under section 282.18
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Violations of special minor's restricted license restrictions remain a simple misdemeanor with a $70 fine, three-month license suspension, and an additional three-month delay before obtaining an intermediate license after turning 16
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to the maximum driving distance for persons issued a special minor's restricted driver's license who participate in open enrollment.(See HF 896.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 896.
3/7/2025