A bill for an act relating to implied consent to test specimens of a person’s blood, breath, or urine following a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, and making penalties applicable.

This Iowa bill (SF 2082) changes implied consent rules for drivers involved in fatal car accidents. It deems drivers who cause accidents resulting in death to have automatically consented to blood, breath, or urine tests for alcohol or drugs, removing the prior requirement that officers must have reasonable suspicion of intoxication at the time of the crash. The bill updates license revocation penalties for refusing testing or testing positive under these circumstances, maintaining existing timelines (e.g., 60 days for first offense with a .02-.08 BAC). It applies directly to drivers in fatal collisions, not to other accident types or testing scenarios.