It would be illegal to use a hand-held smart phone while driving under a bill that’s being proposed again in the Iowa House. Susan Cameron Daemon (DAY-mun) is a lobbyist with the Iowa Sheriffs and Deputies Association — a group that’s been supporting a “hands-free” law for years.

Matt Eide, a lobbyist for the ride-sharing company Uber, asked legislators to make an exception for Uber drivers.

The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau first proposed a ban on handling a cell phone while driving in 2015, and former Governor Terry Branstad lobbied lawmakers, but the bill has repeatedly failed to pass the legislature.  Iowa *is* among the 48 states that ban texting while driving.