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IA HF98
Bill
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joshua Meggers
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AI Summary
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Expands Iowa's "move over" law (Code section 321.323A) to require motorists to exercise due caution when approaching slow-moving authorized emergency vehicles displaying flashing lights, not just stationary ones
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Defines "slow-moving" as operating at 15 miles per hour or less on, along, or adjacent to the roadway in connection with official job duties
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Requires drivers to either change lanes away from the emergency vehicle when safe, or reduce speed below the posted limit and prepare to stop if lane change is impossible or unsafe
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Violations constitute a simple misdemeanor with a $135 scheduled fine, with enhanced penalties of $500 for violations causing bodily injury and $1,000 for violations causing death
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License suspension applies for violations causing harm: 90 days for property damage, 180 days for bodily injury, and one year for death
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to operators of motor vehicles approaching certain slow-moving authorized emergency vehicles, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 542.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 542.
2/20/2025