HF 181 — A bill for an act prohibiting open containers of beverages containing tetrahydrocannabinol in the passenger area of motor vehicles on highways, and making penalties applicable.

SHouse TFile A181 T- EEnrolled OHouse FFile I181 OAN WACT APROHIBITING KOPEN ICONTAINERS MOF RBEVERAGES ECONTAINING YTETRAHYDROCANNABINOL NIN OTHE LPASSENGER DAREA SOF GMOTOR OVEHICLES VON EHIGHWAYS, RAND NMAKING OPENALTIES RAPPLICABLE. March28,2025 The HonorablePaulPate SecretaryofStateofIowa StateCapitol Des Moines,Iowa50319 DearMr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit:

HouseFile181,anActprohibitingopencontainersofbeveragescontainingBE etahdrcanbiolntheaseneraeaofmotoeilesonhighways,andmakingIT penaltiesapplicable.ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveHouseFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.Section 1.

Sinctrely,Section Governor321.284, cc:Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

SecretaryoftheSenate321.284 ClerkOpen ofthecontainers Housein STATEmotor CAPITDESvehicles MOINES,IOWA—— 50319drivers. 51FAX 515.725WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV PBIZ6AKPXLMSair.HT SSJii* <?5>VILLMA1NTAI G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y iiHiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiminuiiiHiiiiiHiiuiiiiiiiiiniuiiinuuiimiDiffiniHBiiiinniiiiiiiiniiiiiBinBBinHiiDimiiitnnmiiiiiiniBiiniiiiiiiniuiiniiiuiiiiifHHiiiiigiiiiii H o u s e F i l e 1 8 1 A N A C T P R O H I B I T I N G O P E N C O N T A I N E R S O F B E V E R A G E S C O N T A I N I N G T E T R A H Y D R O C A N N A B I N O L I N T H E P A S S E N G E R A R E A O F M O T O R V E H I C L E S O N H I G H W A Y S , A N D M A K I N G P E N A L T I E S A P P L I C A B L E , B E I T E N A C T E D B Y T H E G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y O F T H E S T A T E O F I O W A ;

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321.2842 Openjar, containersor inother motorreceptacle vehiclescontaining —an drivers.alcoholic beverage or a beverage containing any amount of tetrahydrocannabinol .

,“Passenger Aarea” means the area designed to seat the driver ofand personpassengers operatingwhile athe motor vehicle uponis ain publicoperation streetand orany highwayarea shallthat notis possessreadily inaccessible to the passengerdriver areaor ofa thepassenger motorwhile vehiclein antheir openseating orpositions, unsealedincluding bottle,the can.glove compartment.

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2 jar, or other receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage or a beverage containing any amount of tetrahydrocannabinol.

^^Passenger area'^ means the area designed to seat the driver and passengers while the motor vehicle is in operation and any area that is readily accessible to the driver or a passenger while in their seating positions, including the glove compartment.

A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph 2.“e”.

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Section 321.284A, subsections 1 and 44, , Code 2025, aare ramended ato mread eas nfollows: dt or e aa sf o l l o w s :

^Passenger“Passenger areaarea” means the area of a motor vehicle designed to seat the driver and passengers while the motor vehicle is in operation and any area that is readily accessible to the driver or a passenger while in their seating positions, including the glove compartment.

An unsealed receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage or an otherwise lawful beverage containing tetrahydrocannabinol may be transported behind the last upright sseat eof athe t othe motor vvehicle eif hthe i c l e i motor vvehicle edoes hnot i c l e n o have a ttrunk. r u n k .

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P______________________________ A______________________________ TPAT GGRASSLEY R A S S L E Y AMY SINCLAIR Speaker of ^the e House PPresident rof ethe sSenate i d e n t o f t h e S e n a t e I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 181, Ninety-first General Assembly.

______________________________ MEGHAN NNELSON EChief LClerk Sof Othe NHouse C h i e f C 1 h e H o u s e Approved 2_______________, 02025 2______________________________ 5KIM KREYNOLDS IGovernor M G o v e r n o r