Bill Text: IA SF317 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring approved driver education courses to include instruction concerning distracted driving.(Formerly SF 98.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-07 - Withdrawn. S.J. 810. [SF317 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF317-Introduced.html
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COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
98)
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TO
HF
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
approved
driver
education
courses
to
include
1
instruction
concerning
distracted
driving.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.178,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
A
minimum
of
four
hours
of
instruction
concerning
3
substance
abuse
and
distracted
driving
.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
321.178A,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
5
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
(3)
Four
hours
of
classroom
instruction
concerning
7
substance
abuse
and
distracted
driving
.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
Under
current
law,
student
drivers
are
required
to
complete
12
an
approved
driver
education
course.
The
course
is
required
to
13
consist
of
a
minimum
of
30
hours
of
classroom
instruction
and
14
at
least
six
hours
of
laboratory
instruction.
The
classroom
15
instruction
must
include
at
least
four
hours
of
instruction
16
concerning
substance
abuse,
at
least
20
minutes
of
instruction
17
concerning
railroad
crossing
safety,
instruction
relating
to
18
becoming
an
organ
donor,
and
instruction
providing
an
awareness
19
about
sharing
the
road
with
bicycles
and
motorcycles.
20
As
an
alternative
to
the
approved
course
requirements
21
under
Code
section
321.178,
a
teaching
parent,
under
Code
22
section
321.178A,
may
instruct
a
student
in
an
approved
23
driver
education
course
with
the
same
classroom
instruction
24
requirements
and
40
hours
of
street
or
highway
driving
25
including
four
hours
of
driving
after
sunset
and
before
sunrise
26
while
the
student
is
accompanied
by
the
teaching
parent.
27
This
bill
requires
approved
classroom
courses
to
include
28
instruction
for
students
concerning
distracted
driving
29
under
Code
sections
321.178
and
321.178A.
Approved
courses
30
must
include
a
minimum
of
four
hours
instruction
concerning
31
substance
abuse
and
distracted
driving.
The
bill
does
not
add
32
additional
required
instruction
time
to
the
student
curriculum.
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