Senate Approves Online Iowa Driver’s License Renewals

Eligible drivers between the ages of 18 and 72 years would be eligible to renew their Iowa operator’s licenses electronically every other time under legislation that cleared the Iowa Senate on Tuesday.People wait in line to have their picture taken for new driver's licenses. (The Gazette)Sen. Tod Bowman, D-Maquoketa, said authorizing online driver’s license renewals would reduce wait time for Iowans and save the state Department of Transportation an estimated $1.2 million in road-use tax funds via the efficiencies that the provisions in House File 355 would allow.Senators voted 48-0 to approve an amended version of the bill and sent it back to the Iowa House, which could ship the measure to Gov.