Bills in Committee

Judiciary (S)

Bills under consideration and review by committee.

Bill Bill Title
SF 2291 A bill for an act requiring the use of inventory checklists upon commencement of a residential tenancy and including applicability provisions.
SF 2245 A bill for an act relating to the possession and storage of firearms by a tenant of a dwelling unit or mobile home space and making penalties applicable.
SF 2239 A bill for an act relating to false allegations regarding the mistreatment of animals, by providing for certain complaints, and providing penalties.
SF 2231 A bill for an act relating to the penalties for defendants who aid and abet the commission of murder in the first degree.
SF 2220 A bill for an act relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
SF 2215 A bill for an act relating to ultrasound prerequisites for abortion, and making penalties applicable.
SF 2214 A bill for an act relating to animals owned by certain enterprises, including by providing for procedures for the inspection of premises, the removal of animals, the care of animals in custody, and the disposition of animals by court order, and providing penalties.
SF 2213 A bill for an act prohibiting the performance of certain practices on a minor related to the minor’s sex, and providing penalties.
SF 2208 A bill for an act relating to the missing person information clearinghouse and missing and murdered indigenous women and children.
SF 2194 A bill for an act establishing the protecting professional freedom of conscience from government discrimination Act, and including effective date provisions.
SF 2193 A bill for an act establishing the protecting freedom of conscience from government discrimination Act, and including effective date provisions.
SF 2156 A bill for an act creating the our care, our options Act, and providing penalties.
SF 2152 A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol Act.
SF 2140 A bill for an act relating to replacement of the term visitation with the term parenting time relative to time awarded to a parent.
SF 2139 A bill for an act relating to court costs for scheduled violations.
SF 2130 A bill for an act relating to the consideration of fraudulent concealment of sexual orientation in a marriage application form and license to marry in the awarding of child custody.
SF 2108 A bill for an act relating to older individuals and dependent adults, creating certain criminal offenses and civil actions, and providing penalties.
SF 2038 A bill for an act extending the limitations of certain criminal actions committed on or with minors, and providing penalties.
SF 2037 A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring certain civil actions, including by victims of sexual abuse, minors, and persons with mental illness, entitling certain cases to a preference in trial order, and including effective date provisions.
SF 2031 A bill for an act relating to actions to quiet title of real property based upon the doctrine of adverse possession, and including applicability provisions.
SF 2030 A bill for an act relating to creation of transfer on death deeds and to disclaimers of an interest in real property, and including applicability provisions.
SF 2029 A bill for an act providing that a licensed veterinarian is immune from administrative, civil, or criminal liability in investigations or proceedings involving the mistreatment of animals.
SF 2023 A bill for an act relating to civil liability of sports officials, providing criminal penalties for assault of sports officials, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SF 2018 A bill for an act relating to the payment of attorney fees relative to a termination of parental rights action.
SF 588 A bill for an act creating a capital murder offense by establishing the penalty of death for murder in the first degree offenses involving kidnapping and sexual abuse offenses against the same victim who is a minor, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 296.)
SF 585 A bill for an act relating to theft and the intent to deprive a person of the possession or control of certain property. (Formerly SF 363.)
SF 584 A bill for an act establishing the offense of sexual activity with an individual sixteen or seventeen years of age, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 179.)
SF 579 A bill for an act relating to nonresident alien public offense data collection and analysis. (Formerly SF 406.)
SF 578 A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse, including provisions relating to the implementation of a domestic abuse lethality screening assessment and supervised electronic tracking and monitoring. (Formerly SF 382.)
SF 568 A bill for an act relating to officer-involved shootings and officer-involved critical incidents. (Formerly SSB 1198.)
SF 553 A bill for an act relating to background checks for persons being considered for employment by a child care home and providing access to child abuse information in the child abuse registry.
SF 522 A bill for an act relating to grandparent and great-grandparent visitation. (Formerly SF 10.)
SF 517 A bill for an act relating to domestic relations proceedings involving parties with a history of domestic abuse. (Formerly SF 235.)
SF 501 A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol Act. (Formerly SF 256.)
SF 500 A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a needle exchange pilot program by the Iowa department of public health. (Formerly SF 125.)
SF 499 A bill for an act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, and cigarettes, including establishing a minimum age for activities relative to these products, and making penalties applicable.
SF 487 A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring criminal actions for sexual offenses against a minor, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1054.)
SF 486 A bill for an act allowing law enforcement agencies to retain possession of motor vehicles suspected to have been used to elude law enforcement vehicles. (Formerly SF 180.)
SF 471 A bill for an act relating to the termination of parental rights of an incarcerated parent under child in need of assistance proceedings.
SF 469 A bill for an act relating to marijuana, including the manufacture, delivery, and possession of marijuana and the licensure of retail marijuana, providing fees, including excise taxes, establishing a trust fund, and including penalties.
SF 466 A bill for an act relating to firearms, including provisions relating to the purchase, sale, or transfer of firearms and requiring an educational program relating to hunting, and providing penalties.
SF 464 A bill for an act relating to clerks of court, including the number of counties in which a clerk may serve and residency requirements. (Formerly SSB 1063.)
SF 461 A bill for an act relating to home improvement fraud and providing penalties for contractors who commit home improvement fraud. (Formerly SF 151.)
SF 459 A bill for an act relating to the carrying, transportation, or possession of firearms on real property comprising a person’s place of employment. (Formerly SF 213.)
SF 456 A bill for an act relating to registration and bonding requirements for contractors, and providing criminal and civil penalties.
SF 416 A bill for an act relating to reimbursement of witness mileage expenses. (Formerly SSB 1067.)
SF 408 A bill for an act relating to the medical cannabidiol Act.
SF 407 A bill for an act relating to restrictions on the criminal defenses of provocation, diminished capacity, and self-defense.
SF 383 A bill for an act relating to the disposition of inherited or gifted property in dissolution of marriage proceedings.
SF 369 A bill for an act prohibiting the treatment of animals other than livestock and wild animals, providing for the rescue of animals by local law enforcement agencies, providing for criminal offenses and court orders, and including penalties. (Formerly SSB 1075.)
SF 345 A bill for an act relating to the payment of required medical aid provided to prisoners of county jails. (Formerly SSB 1074.)
SF 342 A bill for an act providing limited immunity from certain criminal offenses and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions for persons under twenty-one years of age who report, seek, or require emergency assistance for alcohol overdoses or protection from certain crimes, and modifying penalties. (Formerly SSB 1107.)
SF 315 A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of unlawful presence in the state, and providing penalties.
SF 310 A bill for an act providing limited immunity from certain criminal offenses and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions for persons under twenty-one years of age who report, seek, or require emergency assistance for alcohol overdoses or protection from certain crimes, and modifying penalties.
SF 259 A bill for an act relating to the definition of person from the moment of conception until natural death under the criminal code.
SF 255 A bill for an act relating to calculation of attorney fees for attorneys representing personal representatives in administration of estates.
SF 234 A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable.
SF 204 A bill for an act providing for an affirmative defense to certain claims relating to personal information security breach protection.
SF 189 A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring certain civil actions, including by victims of sexual abuse, minors, and persons with mental illness, and including effective date provisions.
SF 178 A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of manufacturing, delivering, selling, or possessing drug paraphernalia by exempting hypodermic needles or syringes delivered, sold, or possessed through an approved needle exchange program.
SF 165 A bill for an act relating to carrying and possessing weapons and acquiring pistols and revolvers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions.
SF 146 A bill for an act requesting an interim committee relating to evaluating the current system of court debt collection.
SF 127 A bill for an act establishing an interim study committee to review and consider criminal justice fairness and bail reform.
SF 119 A bill for an act relating to documentation of loans and gifts to museums and including applicability provisions.
SF 104 A bill for an act relating to the compassionate use of medical cannabis Act, reclassifying marijuana, including tetrahydrocannabinols, from a schedule I controlled substance to a schedule II controlled substance, providing for civil and criminal penalties and fees, and including effective date provisions.
SF 92 A bill for an act extending the limitations of certain criminal actions committed on or with minors, and providing penalties.
SF 87 A bill for an act relating to the expungement of records of certain misdemeanor offenses, and including applicability provisions.
SF 78 A bill for an act relating to the definition of medical cannabidiol.
SF 77 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of medical cannabidiol, by altering the list of debilitating medical conditions and changing the definition of medical cannabidiol under the medical cannabidiol Act.
SF 71 A bill for an act relating to the administration of medical cannabidiol by primary caregivers to students at public and nonpublic schools.
SF 66 A bill for an act establishing the minimum age relative to various activities relating to vapor products, and making penalties applicable.
SF 65 A bill for an act automatically restoring the right to vote and hold elective office for persons who have been discharged from probation, parole, or work release, or who have been released from confinement.
SF 52 A bill for an act relating to the assessment of fees when a public defender or designee requests copies of certain documents.
SF 45 A bill for an act requiring search warrants for certain activities under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission.
SF 44 A bill for an act relating to recording custodial interrogations in a criminal or juvenile case.
SF 14 A bill for an act relating to the expungement of violations of local ordinances.
SF 13 A bill for an act relating to carrying or possessing a dangerous weapon when entering real property if a written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted, and providing penalties.
SF 12 A bill for an act establishing an interim study committee to review and develop recommendations for the appointment of a special prosecutor for incidents involving the use of deadly force by a peace officer.
SF 3 A bill for an act prohibiting the mistreatment of certain animals other than livestock and wild animals, providing reporting requirements, providing for criminal offenses, and including penalties.
SSB 3195 A bill for an act relating to child endangerment and the termination of parental rights, and providing penalties.
SSB 3185 A bill for an act providing immunity for the operation of manufacturing or industrial facilities under certain circumstances and including applicability provisions.
SSB 3181 A bill for an act regarding legislative oversight of supreme court decisions, and including applicability provisions.
SSB 3138 A bill for an act relating to firearms and weapons, including the storage, carrying, possession, or transportation of weapons and the establishment, use, and maintenance of shooting ranges.
SSB 3137 A bill for an act relating to advertisements for legal services, including the use of health information and the content related to drugs and devices, and making penalties applicable.
SSB 3130 A bill for an act to relating to court-ordered reimbursement of jail costs and restitution.
SSB 3095 A bill for an act relating to judicial actions and records by authorizing assistance by a small claims filing agent and modifying provisions relating to accessing protected information in court records.
SSB 3085 A bill for an act relating to total amount recoverable as a noneconomic damage award against a health care provider.
SSB 3082 A bill for an act relating to forensic scientific evidence and postconviction relief.
SSB 3074 A bill for an act relating to the guardianship of minors.
SSB 3043 A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of certain law enforcement reports, records, and information under Iowa’s open records law.
SSB 3042 A bill for an act relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials ordered to pay restitution to a public employer.
SSB 3038 A bill for an act relating to the opening, administration, and termination of adult and minor guardianships and conservatorships, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 3034 A bill for an act prohibiting counties and cities from banning employers from requesting from an applicant information related to the applicant’s criminal history.
SSB 3033 A bill for an act relating to preexisting condition exclusions in certain coverage for health care services, and including effective and applicability date provisions.
SSB 3030 A bill for an act requiring search warrants for certain activities under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission.
SSB 3006 A bill for an act relating to the administration of adult guardianships and conservatorships.
SSB 1242 A bill for an act relating to guardianships and conservatorships for adults and minors and providing for jurisdiction, definitions, proceedings, administration, and closing, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
SSB 1233 A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of sexual exploitation of a child with a disability by an employee of a community college and providing penalties. (See SF 577.)
SSB 1224 A bill for an act relating to the restoration of voting rights to certain convicted persons and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1220 A bill for an act concerning the liability of private employers, general contractors, and premises owners for negligently hiring or failing to supervise employees, agents, or independent contractors convicted of a public offense. (See SF 580.)
SSB 1215 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the rights of a crime victim.
SSB 1203 A bill for an act permitting qualified entities to request national criminal history checks of certain covered individuals. (See SF 525.)
SSB 1199 A bill for an act relating to business entities, by providing for different types of limited liability companies and the dissolution of limited liability companies, providing for fees, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 569.)
SSB 1198 A bill for an act relating to officer-involved shootings and officer-involved critical incidents. (See SF 568.)
SSB 1183 A bill for an act relating to judicial salaries.
SSB 1172 A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and including retroactive applicability provisions. (See SF 546.)
SSB 1171 A bill for an act relating to the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, and providing an immediate effective date.
SSB 1170 A bill for an act relating to the nonconsensual termination of and serious injury to a human pregnancy, and providing penalties. (See SF 523.)
SSB 1167 A bill for an act creating a blue alert program within the department of public safety for the apprehension of a person suspected of killing or seriously injuring a peace officer in the line of duty or due to safety concerns for a peace officer missing while on duty. (See SF 526.)
SSB 1159 A bill for an act concerning jurors, relating to access to certain department of revenue taxpayer information for jury list compilation and juror information confidentiality. (See SF 375.)
SSB 1147 A bill for an act relating to debts for which the homestead is liable by providing that the homestead may be sold to satisfy debts secured by a mechanic’s lien, including principal, interest, attorney fees, and costs. (See SF 458.)
SSB 1146 A bill for an act relating to notice and opportunity to repair construction defects in new construction, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See SF 532.)
SSB 1145 A bill for an act relating to state-funded interpreters and translators for limited-English-proficient, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons in certain court proceedings and court-related activities.
SSB 1144 A bill for an act relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to a minor by the parent or guardian of the minor, and providing penalties. (See SF 460.)
SSB 1140 A bill for an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. (See SF 333.)
SSB 1139 A bill for an act requiring certain disclosures related to veterans’ benefit services, and making penalties applicable.
SSB 1138 A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-two years of age. (See SF 344.)
SSB 1137 A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of information filed with the court used to secure an arrest warrant.
SSB 1136 A bill for an act relating to postconviction DNA profiling procedure. (See SF 594.)
SSB 1135 A bill for an act relating to payments from the indigent defense fund by the state public defender for costs incurred by a privately retained attorney representing an indigent person. (See SF 590.)
SSB 1107 A bill for an act providing limited immunity from certain criminal offenses and prohibiting certain disciplinary sanctions for persons under twenty-one years of age who report, seek, or require emergency assistance for alcohol overdoses or protection from certain crimes, and modifying penalties. (See SF 342.)
SSB 1106 A bill for an act relating to the liability of the state, counties, municipalities, and employees thereof for certain torts, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See SF 377.)
SSB 1091 A bill for an act providing for juvenile court jurisdiction over minor guardianship proceedings and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See SF 425.)
SSB 1075 A bill for an act prohibiting the treatment of animals other than livestock and wild animals, providing for the rescue of animals by local law enforcement agencies, providing for criminal offenses and court orders, and including penalties. (See SF 369.)
SSB 1074 A bill for an act relating to the payment of required medical aid provided to prisoners of county jails. (See SF 345.)
SSB 1072 A bill for an act increasing the required amount for a surety bond necessary for the issuance of a travel trailer dealer’s license, and including applicability provisions. (See SF 268.)
SSB 1071 A bill for an act modifying certain provisions relating to personal information security breach protection.
SSB 1070 A bill for an act relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators. (See SF 328.)
SSB 1069 A bill for an act relating to qualifications to practice law in Iowa and regulation of persons admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction of the United States other than Iowa. (See SF 379.)
SSB 1068 A bill for an act relating to state employee defense and indemnification from certain claims and actions. (See SF 339.)
SSB 1067 A bill for an act relating to reimbursement of witness mileage expenses. (See SF 416.)
SSB 1066 A bill for an act relating to the provision of debt management services in connection with educational loans, and making penalties applicable. (See SF 272.)
SSB 1064 A bill for an act relating to judicial residency requirements.
SSB 1063 A bill for an act relating to clerks of court, including the number of counties in which a clerk may serve and residency requirements. (See SF 464.)
SSB 1062 A bill for an act including personal degradation of a dependent adult as a form of dependent adult abuse by a caretaker regulated by the department of human services, and making penalties applicable. (See SF 426.)
SSB 1061 A bill for an act creating the criminal offense of theft against a vulnerable elder and providing penalties.
SSB 1058 A bill for an act relating to criminal trespass while hunting, fishing, or trapping, and providing penalties.
SSB 1057 A bill for an act relating to the criminal elements for the commission of sexual misconduct with offenders, and providing penalties. (See SF 273.)
SSB 1056 A bill for an act relating to the transfer of dangerous persons with mental illness from a hospital for persons with mental illness to the Iowa medical and classification center. (See SF 338.)
SSB 1055 A bill for an act relating to the Iowa sobriety and drug monitoring program. (See SF 364.)
SSB 1054 A bill for an act modifying the periods of time to bring criminal actions for sexual offenses against a minor, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 487.)
SSB 1053 A bill for an act relating to late fees and prohibited provisions in rental agreements. (See SF 463.)
SSB 1046 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the qualifications of electors.
SSB 1038 A bill for an act relating to law enforcement profiling by standardizing collection and centralizing the compilation and reporting of officer stop and compliance data, providing for officer training, creating a community policing advisory board, providing for penalties and remedies, and including effective date provisions.
SSB 1037 A bill for an act relating to the practice of massage therapy, and providing penalties. (See SF 267.)
SSB 1027 A bill for an act relating to the transportation of dead bodies.
SSB 1026 A bill for an act relating to home improvement fraud and providing penalties for contractors who commit home improvement fraud.
SSB 1018 A bill for an act relating to the opening of guardianships for adults and conservatorships for adults and minors and the administration of guardianships and conservatorships. (See SF 424.)
SSB 1017 A bill for an act relating to going armed with, carrying, or transporting a firearm when transporting a person to or from a school or delivering an item to the school. (See SF 116, SF 2224.)
SSB 1016 A bill for an act relating to expert witness testimony in child sexual abuse and child endangerment cases. (See SF 329.)
SSB 1015 A bill for an act relating to the exploitation of a dependent adult by a caretaker. (See SF 153.)
SSB 1014 A bill for an act relating to the definition of vulnerable elder. (See SF 152.)
SSB 1013 A bill for an act relating to the calculation of certain court costs in probate matters, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (See SF 327; SF 604.)
SSB 1012 A bill for an act relating to the possession of marijuana, and providing penalties. (See SF 378.)
SSB 1011 A bill for an act relating to unintentionally causing the death of a person by operating a motor vehicle at an excessive speed, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (See SF 114.)
SSB 1010 A bill for an act relating to certain liability insurance policy information required to be given to claimants.
SSB 1009 A bill for an act relating to the criminal offenses of assault by threat of a targeted attack and cyberharassment, and providing penalties. (See SF 275.)
SSB 1008 A bill for an act relating to restrictions on bailable defendants charged with homicide by motor vehicle. (See SF 462.)
SSB 1007 A bill for an act allowing county attorneys and assistant county attorneys to obtain a professional permit to carry weapons. (See SF 587, SF 2095.)
SSB 1006 A bill for an act relating to the practice of massage therapy, and providing penalties.
SSB 1005 A bill for an act relating to postconviction relief procedure and the underlying trial court record of the proceedings challenged. (See SF 158.)
SSB 1004 A bill for an act prohibiting the use of automated or remote systems for traffic law enforcement, requiring the removal of existing systems, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 343.)
SSB 1003 A bill for an act relating to the requirements for certifications of trust and including applicability provisions. (See SF 112.)
SSB 1002 A bill for an act allowing certain operating-while-intoxicated offenders to be sentenced as habitual offenders, and making penalties applicable. (See SF 113.)
SSB 1001 A bill for an act relating to financial responsibility requirements for liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle.
HF 2559 A bill for an act relating to officer disciplinary actions. (Formerly HSB 700.)
HF 2527 A bill for an act relating to the exhibition of music, including the practices of performing rights societies and the advertising, promoting, and conducting of certain live musical performances, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 2304.)
HF 2504 A bill for an act requiring consideration of antisemitism by governmental entities when investigating possible discriminatory acts. (Formerly HF 2303.)
HF 2503 A bill for an act relating to the defense of justification for violent crimes. (Formerly HSB 693.)
HF 2097 A bill for an act requiring the installation and maintenance of adult changing stations at highway rest areas.
HF 267 A bill for an act relating to clerks of court, including the number of counties in which a clerk may serve and residency requirements. (Formerly HSB 8.)