HF 2697 (LSB 6056HV (5) 91)

RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OF PECUNIARY DAMAGES,  RESTITUTION, AND PROSECUTION COSTS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 910.2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  Notwithstanding any other statute or rule of law, with the consent of the defendant and the prosecuting attorney, the court may order as part of the 

dismissal of a public offense or violation of an ordinance that the defendant pay pecuniary damages to the victim, category “B” restitution, which shall include court costs.

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2697, Ninety-first General Assembly.

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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2026

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor