Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF89: A BILL FOR An Act relating to reasonable and prudent following distances while a person is operating a motor vehicle, and making penalties applicable
Status: In committee, March 5, 2025
An Act relating to reasonable and prudent following distances while a person is operating a motor vehicle, and making penalties applicable.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to reasonable and prudent following distances while a person is operating a motor vehicle, and making penalties applicable.
From the introduced text, January 17, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to reasonable and prudent following distances while a person is operating a motor vehicle, and making penalties applicable. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1771YH (4) th/ns H.F. Section 1. Section 321.307, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 321.307 Following too closely. 1. The driver of A person operating a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle in the same lane and direction of travel more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway. For purposes of this subsection, the distance at which a person is following is reasonable and prudent under clear conditions then existing, as follows: a. At least fifty feet on a highway with a speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour or less. b. At least one hundred feet on a highway with a speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour but not more than fifty-five miles per hour. c. At least one hundred fifty feet on a highway with a speed limit greater than fifty-five miles per hour but not more than sixty-five miles per hour. d. At least two hundred feet on a highway with a speed limit greater than sixty-five …
Sponsors
- Zachary Dieken (R, 5) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 770 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 2. H.J. 185 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 185 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 01/28/2025 8:00AM RM 304.1.
- : Subcommittee: Dieken, Meyer, B. and Wengryn. H.J. 106 .
- : Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 100 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 185 . (February 5, 2025): 21 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HF89?
- HF89 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to reasonable and prudent following distances while a person is operating a motor vehicle, and making penalties applicable.
- What does HF89 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to reasonable and prudent following distances while a person is operating a motor vehicle, and making penalties applicable.
- What is the status of HF89?
- In committee as of March 5, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 770 . (March 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF89?
- Zachary Dieken (R, 5).
- Where is the official record for HF89?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0089&ga=91
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