House File 2787 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2787 BY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 780) (As Amended and Passed by the House April 29, 2026 ) A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including 1 enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including 2 effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 HF 2787 (2) 91 as/js/md

H.F. 2787 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 804.32 Warrant resolution clinics 1 prohibited. 2 1. As used in this section, “warrant resolution clinic” 3 means a prearranged, formal or informal, advertised event 4 designed to allow individuals with outstanding arrest warrants 5 to appear and resolve such warrants without being subject to 6 immediate arrest and custodial processing. 7 2. An entity, organization, county attorney, law 8 enforcement agency, judicial officer, nonprofit organization, 9 or any other person shall not organize, sponsor, host, fund, 10 promote, or participate in a warrant resolution clinic. 11 3. A person who has an outstanding warrant for the person’s 12 arrest shall only resolve such warrant by any of the following: 13 a. Surrendering to a peace officer or at a law enforcement 14 agency. 15 b. Appearing at a scheduled court hearing as directed by a 16 magistrate or judge under standard judicial procedures. 17 c. Through a written or oral motion made in an individual, 18 pending case, with notice provided to the prosecuting attorney, 19 and ruled on by the court under standard judicial procedures in 20 the ordinary course of the case, and not as part of any event, 21 program, or arrangement prohibited by this section. 22 4. The use of public funds or facilities for the purpose of 23 hosting a warrant resolution clinic is strictly prohibited. 24 5. A person shall not evade or attempt to evade the 25 prohibitions of this section by conducting a substantially 26 equivalent program, event, or arrangement under a different 27 name, structure, or designation. A program, event, or 28 arrangement is substantially equivalent if its primary purpose 29 or practical effect is to allow individuals with outstanding 30 arrest warrants to appear and resolve those warrants without 31 being subject to immediate arrest and custodial processing. 32 Evidence that a program is substantially equivalent includes 33 but is not limited to: 34 a. Block-scheduling or clustering warrant cases on a single 35 -1- HF 2787 (2) 91 as/js/md 1/ 3

H.F. 2787 docket day with an explicit or implicit understanding that 1 attending individuals will not be subject to immediate arrest. 2 b. Advertising or communicating to individuals with 3 outstanding warrants that they may appear at a particular time 4 and place to resolve warrants without risk of arrest. 5 c. Coordinating between law enforcement, court personnel, 6 attorneys, or community organizations to facilitate 7 noncustodial warrant resolution outside of standard judicial 8 procedures. 9 6. A violation of this section is subject to the following 10 penalties: 11 a. (1) A public official or employee who knowingly violates 12 this section commits a simple misdemeanor. 13 (2) In addition to the penalty provided in subparagraph 14 (1), a public official or employee who knowingly violates this 15 section is also subject to removal from office or employment 16 pursuant to applicable law. 17 b. A private person that knowingly organizes, sponsors, 18 hosts, or funds a warrant resolution clinic or substantially 19 equivalent program in violation of this section commits a 20 simple misdemeanor and is also subject to a civil penalty of 21 not more than ten thousand dollars per violation, recoverable 22 by the attorney general in an action in district court. 23 7. Any person may report a suspected violation of this 24 section to the office of the attorney general. Upon receipt 25 of a report or upon the attorney general’s own initiative, the 26 attorney general may investigate suspected violations and may 27 bring a civil enforcement action in district court seeking 28 injunctive relief, civil penalties as provided in subsection 29 6, and recovery of costs and reasonable attorney fees. The 30 attorney general shall establish a procedure for receiving and 31 reviewing reports under this subsection and shall make such 32 procedure publicly available. 33 8. Any resident of a county in which a warrant resolution 34 clinic or substantially equivalent program is conducted or 35 -2- HF 2787 (2) 91 as/js/md 2/ 3

H.F. 2787 planned in violation of this section may bring a civil action 1 in district court to do any of the following: 2 a. Obtain injunctive or declaratory relief to prevent or 3 restrain the violation. 4 b. Recover actual damages, if any. 5 c. Recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs if the 6 plaintiff substantially prevails. 7 9. In addition to any other penalty, any county organizing, 8 sponsoring, hosting, funding, promoting, or participating in a 9 warrant resolution clinic shall not receive any funds having 10 their origin in court debt, as defined in section 602.8107, 11 including but not limited to fees or remittances arising 12 from or related to the collection of past due fines and fees 13 constituting court debt. 14 10. This section preempts and supersedes any ordinance, 15 resolution, policy, rule, or other action by a city, county, 16 or other political subdivision of this state that authorizes, 17 permits, funds, or facilitates a warrant resolution clinic or 18 any substantially equivalent program, event, or arrangement as 19 described in this section. No political subdivision of this 20 state shall enact or enforce any provision that conflicts with 21 or purports to authorize conduct prohibited by this section. 22 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 23 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 24 -3- HF 2787 (2) 91 as/js/md 3/ 3