Bills Sponsored By Committee

Judiciary (H)

Bill Bill Title
Link to BillBookHJR 9 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right of an accused to confront children and other witnesses.(Formerly HSB 35.)
Link to BillBookHF 198 A bill for an act providing for an expedited filing service for filers of business documents administered by the secretary of state, and providing fees.(Formerly HSB 17; See HF 985.)
Link to BillBookHF 209 A bill for an act creating a rural attorney recruitment assistance program, and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 15; See HF 1001.)
Link to BillBookHF 298 A bill for an act relating to the placement of a child who is the subject of a pending delinquency petition in a supervised apartment living arrangement pursuant to a consent decree, and the circumstances under which the placement is paid by the state. (Formerly HSB 39.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 306 A bill for an act relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 64.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 314 A bill for an act authorizing the waiver of preplacement investigations and reports in certain adoption proceedings. (Formerly HSB 41.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 317 A bill for an act relating to indigent defense and the appointment of counsel by the court. (Formerly HSB 13.)
Link to BillBookHF 363 A bill for an act relating to the final disposition of remains. (Formerly HSB 16.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 367 A bill for an act relating to family interactions during an ongoing child in need of assistance proceeding. (Formerly HSB 40.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 381 A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and provide for Code editor directives. (Formerly HSB 115.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 439 A bill for an act relating to citizenship or immigration status for purposes of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 37.)
Link to BillBookHF 472 A bill for an act creating a special motion for expedited relief in actions involving the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 116.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 570 A bill for an act relating to probation, including discharge credits, educational credits, and workforce credits, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 140.)
Link to BillBookHF 571 A bill for an act relating to protections for medical practitioners, health care institutions, and health care payors including those related to the exercise of conscience, whistleblower activities, and free speech, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 139.)
Link to BillBookHF 572 A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of the smuggling of persons, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 15.)
Link to BillBookHF 573 A bill for an act relating to filing applications and custody of the respondent in an involuntary commitment proceeding. (Formerly HF 139.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 578 A bill for an act relating to the office of the consumer advocate.(Formerly HF 239.)
Link to BillBookHF 583 A bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of a person’s sex on certain vital records, gender identity under the Iowa civil rights Act, and school curricula related to gender theory.(Formerly HSB 242.)
Link to BillBookHF 602 A bill for an act relating to testimony by a minor witness using two-way, closed-circuit equipment.(Formerly HSB 38.)
Link to BillBookHF 615 A bill for an act relating to the offense of intentional misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal or service-animal-in-training. (Formerly HF 244.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 639 A bill for an act relating to hazardous liquid pipelines, including common carrier requirements, proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission, including commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings, including allowing certain persons to intervene in such proceedings, including sanctions on intervenors in contested cases, and permit, permit renewal, and operation limitations, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 240.) Vetoed 6-11-25.
Link to BillBookHF 647 A bill for an act relating to the place of trial for certain criminal offenses. (Formerly HSB 49.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 649 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 189.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 763 A bill for an act relating to procedures to review the exercise of eminent domain, and providing fees.(Formerly HF 242.)
Link to BillBookHF 773 A bill for an act relating to awarding the costs in administrative hearings or court proceedings involving the collection of tax, penalties, and interest by the department of revenue.(Formerly HSB 14.)
Link to BillBookHF 780 A bill for an act relating to pipelines transporting liquefied carbon dioxide, including permit renewal and operation limitations.(Formerly HF 238.)
Link to BillBookHF 790 A bill for an act relating to utilities commission member attendance at hearings and informational meetings.(Formerly HF 241.)
Link to BillBookHF 798 A bill for an act relating to parental authorization for minors to create accounts on social media platforms, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 278.)
Link to BillBookHF 803 A bill for an act relating to court-ordered substance use disorder evaluations for persons convicted of operating while intoxicated.(Formerly HF 464; See HF 2346.)
Link to BillBookHF 824 A bill for an act relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody proceeding.(Formerly HF 347.)
Link to BillBookHF 825 A bill for an act relating to declaration of value and groundwater hazard statement requirements. (Formerly HF 593.)
Link to BillBookHF 826 A bill for an act relating to obscene materials involving minors, and providing penalties.(Formerly HF 81.)
Link to BillBookHF 831 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including the establishment of human trafficking prosecution units and the remittance of wire transmission fees to the office to combat human trafficking.(Formerly HF 463; See HF 1011, HF 2565.)
Link to BillBookHF 836 A bill for an act relating to medical income assistance trust fees.(Formerly HSB 11.)
Link to BillBookHF 842 A bill for an act relating to theft, forgery, and fraud involving a gift card, and providing penalties.(Formerly HSB 181.)
Link to BillBookHF 853 A bill for an act relating to interpretation of law in administrative and judicial proceedings under the Iowa administrative procedure Act.(Formerly HF 36.)
Link to BillBookHF 862 A bill for an act relating to the representation of boards of supervisors and county officials by outside counsel, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 414.) Effective date: 05/19/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 864 A bill for an act relating to certain commercial entities who publish or distribute obscene material on the internet, and providing civil penalties.(Formerly HF 62.)
Link to BillBookHF 873 A bill for an act relating to aid, processes, services, and reimbursement for services associated with children in, adopted from, or in need of foster care.(Formerly HF 86.)
Link to BillBookHF 908 A bill for an act relating to human trafficking, including screening children, civil statutes of limitations, an annual stakeholder meeting and report, depositions of victims, restitution, restorative facilities and protective services, and investigation and prosecution, and making appropriations.(Formerly HF 452; See HF 1036.)
Link to BillBookHF 922 A bill for an act relating to discrimination in the provision of financial services, and providing civil penalties.(Formerly HF 594.)
Link to BillBookHF 923 A bill for an act relating to sanctions on intervenors in contested cases before the Iowa utilities commission.(Formerly HF 237.)
Link to BillBookHF 924 A bill for an act relating to the minimum age for acquiring or carrying weapons. (Formerly HSB 262.) Effective date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 926 A bill for an act relating to the expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human trafficking, and including penalties.(Formerly HF 669.)
Link to BillBookHF 932 A bill for an act relating to requirements for a parent to obtain joint physical custody of a child. (Formerly HSB 300.)
Link to BillBookHF 937 A bill for an act relating to certain administrative procedures involving law enforcement officers, including the revocation or suspension of law enforcement officer certification and communications in professional confidence, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 264.)
Link to BillBookHF 939 A bill for an act concerning common carriers and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 491.)
Link to BillBookHF 940 A bill for an act relating to civil law, including providing notice to named beneficiaries in probate law, a process for named beneficiaries to obtain ownership of property held by others in probate law, and authorizing spouses to amend premarital agreements, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 713.)
Link to BillBookHF 943 A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for the construction of hazardous liquid pipelines and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 287.)
Link to BillBookHF 944 A bill for an act relating to persons allowed to intervene in proceedings under the Iowa utilities commission.(Formerly HF 610.)
Link to BillBookHF 945 A bill for an act providing for a hearing to determine immunity from criminal or civil liability following a use of reasonable force in defense of one’s self, others, or property. (Formerly HSB 213.)
Link to BillBookHF 946 A bill for an act relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 285.)
Link to BillBookHF 953 A bill for an act relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, foster care.(Formerly HF 373.)
Link to BillBookHF 956 A bill for an act relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, judicial officer retirement age, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 259.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2025.
Link to BillBookHF 983 A bill for an act relating to property law by modifying provisions related to landlord and tenant law and forcible entry and detainer actions, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 261.)
Link to BillBookHF 2104 A bill for an act relating to the exercise of eminent domain for carbon oxide pipelines, and including applicability and effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 507.)
Link to BillBookHF 2134 A bill for an act relating to rental agreements and early termination rights of tenants who are victims of certain crimes.(Formerly HSB 141.)
Link to BillBookHF 2188 A bill for an act relating to real estate transfer tax, including declarations of value.(Formerly HSB 569.)
Link to BillBookHF 2189 A bill for an act relating to public improvement contracts, including notice requirements.(Formerly HSB 567.)
Link to BillBookHF 2190 A bill for an act relating to requirements for proof of ownership of dogs and providing penalties.(Formerly HF 2016.)
Link to BillBookHF 2216 A bill for an act relating to restitution for the torture, injury, or killing of a police service dog, and modifying penalties.(Formerly HF 2015.)
Link to BillBookHF 2346 A bill for an act relating to court-ordered substance use disorder evaluations for persons convicted of operating while intoxicated.(Formerly HF 803, HF 464.)
Link to BillBookHF 2348 A bill for an act relating to animal torture, and providing penalties.(Formerly HF 557.)
Link to BillBookHF 2349 A bill for an act relating to the final disposition of human remains. (Formerly HSB 568.) Effective date: 07/01/2026
Link to BillBookHF 2356 A bill for an act establishing the state public defender’s pilot project to implement innovative models of child welfare legal representation as the project to preserve families.(Formerly HSB 566.)
Link to BillBookHF 2357 A bill for an act relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directives.(Formerly HSB 615.)
Link to BillBookHF 2359 A bill for an act relating to the responsibility and liability of property owners for public places in cities and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 192.)
Link to BillBookHF 2360 A bill for an act relating to child endangerment.(Formerly HF 2086.)
Link to BillBookHF 2515 A bill for an act relating to deferred or suspended sentences for cases involving sexual exploitation of a minor. (Formerly HSB 617.)
Link to BillBookHF 2532 A bill for an act relating to probate and trust matters, including time limitations on actions, attorney fees, trust code proceedings and notice requirements, damages for wrongful death, and filing deadlines, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 614.)
Link to BillBookHF 2533 A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties.(Formerly HSB 564.)
Link to BillBookHF 2536 A bill for an act providing for the conversion of partnerships into other forms of domestic or foreign organizations, and providing for fees.(Formerly HSB 211.)
Link to BillBookHF 2541 A bill for an act relating to local laws implementing the Iowa civil rights Act of 1965.(Formerly HSB 664.)
Link to BillBookHF 2542 A bill for an act relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 666.)
Link to BillBookHF 2557 A bill for an act allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex.(Formerly HSB 669.)
Link to BillBookHF 2565 A bill for an act establishing a human trafficking investigative task force.(Formerly HF 1011, HF 831, HF 463.)
Link to BillBookHF 2570 A bill for an act relating to the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care.(Formerly HSB 161.)
Link to BillBookHF 2571 A bill for an act relating to the Iowa rules of criminal procedure including commitment hearings following an acquittal based on insanity.(Formerly HSB 632.)
Link to BillBookHF 2572 A bill for an act providing for a task force to address legal services for indigent parties.(Formerly HF 2174.)
Link to BillBookHF 2599 A bill for an act relating to the right of access for persons with disabilities and service animals and modifying penalties.(Formerly HF 2333.)
Link to BillBookHF 2605 A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of torture, and providing penalties.(Formerly HF 2289.)
Link to BillBookHF 2606 A bill for an act requiring persons who operate certain internet sites, applications, or a segment of an internet site or application that contains material pornographic for minors to perform reasonable age verification.(Formerly HF 2274.)
Link to BillBookHF 2608 A bill for an act relating to qualifications for certain rights and privileges prescribed by the state, including state employment, professional licensure, voter registration, and bail, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HSB 663.)
Link to BillBookHF 2619 A bill for an act creating the uniform family law arbitration Act.(Formerly HF 2277.)
Link to BillBookHF 2621 A bill for an act relating to intimidation with a dangerous weapon, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly HSB 613.)
Link to BillBookHF 2624 A bill for an act relating to criminal investigation, including the extension of DNA submission requirements to persons arrested for a felony or aggravated misdemeanor. (Formerly HSB 571.)
Link to BillBookHF 2625 A bill for an act relating to orders for child support including requests for information regarding digital financial accounts, and providing penalties.(Formerly HF 2128.)
Link to BillBookHF 2629 A bill for an act relating to trespass, and providing penalties. (Formerly HF 981.)
Link to BillBookHF 2639 A bill for an act relating to limitations on discovery depositions involving minor victims.(Formerly HF 2135.)
Link to BillBookHF 2660 A bill for an act relating to decedent property, including deposit accounts, small estate affidavits, and distribution of child support.(Formerly HF 817.)
Link to BillBookHF 2678 A bill for an act providing for certain business entities acting under the jurisdiction of the secretary of state by providing for the removal of information from a filing based on a sworn affidavit and administrative dissolution based on the response to interrogatories.(Formerly HSB 665.)
Link to BillBookHF 2693 A bill for an act relating to immunity from criminal or civil liability in cases involving the justifiable use of reasonable force.(Formerly HF 668.)
Link to BillBookHF 2694 A bill for an act relating to the regulation of certain places and activities by the governor. (Formerly HF 2145.)
Link to BillBookHF 2695 A bill for an act relating to the application of foreign law and limiting changes in venue of civil actions, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 2554.)
Link to BillBookHF 2696 A bill for an act relating to the expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human trafficking, and including penalties.(Formerly HF 2144.)
Link to BillBookHF 2697 A bill for an act relating to the payment of pecuniary damages, restitution, and prosecution costs. (Formerly HSB 616.)
Link to BillBookHF 2698 A bill for an act relating to business entity-owned residential arrangements, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 750.)
Link to BillBookHF 2701 A bill for an act relating to the use of automatic registration plate readers and providing penalties.(Formerly HF 2555.)
Link to BillBookHF 2703 A bill for an act relating to interviews conducted with a child subsequent to a report of child abuse.(Formerly HSB 741.)
Link to BillBookHF 2704 A bill for an act relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rights.(Formerly HSB 570.)
Link to BillBookHF 2706 A bill for an act relating to judicial officers, including magistrate appointments in judicial election districts, senior magistrates, and judicial officer compensation, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 722.)
Link to BillBookHF 2710 A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties applicable to state of disaster emergencies and public health disasters, including a prohibition on regulating religious institutions and practices.(Formerly HSB 726.)
Link to BillBookHF 2711 A bill for an act relating to state policies and programs with race or gender requirements. (Formerly HSB 668.)
Link to BillBookHF 2717 A bill for an act relating to executive branch functions, including ratification of major administrative rules and certain other actions, other matters relating to the state rulemaking process, and terms of service of certain appointed members of certain boards, and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HF 2413.)
Link to BillBookHF 2718 A bill for an act relating to the seizure of firearms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 430.)
Link to BillBookHF 2719 A bill for an act relating to the collection and publication of judicial officer performance information. (Formerly HSB 631.)
Link to BillBookHF 2720 A bill for an act relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests.(Formerly HF 2436.)
Link to BillBookHF 2721 A bill for an act relating to the grounds for removal of a local assessor and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 738.)