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Amendment H-8114 to SF 2280

Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, 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 general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member’s or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties

Withdrawn · April 8, 2026

Filed March 3, 2026 in the House by

What it changes

  1. Page 1, line 9, by striking “member of the general assembly,”
  2. Page 1, line 18, by striking “member of the general assembly,”
  3. Page 1, line 31, by striking “member of the general assembly,”
  4. Page 2, line 8, by striking “member of the general assembly,”
  5. Page 2, lines 15 and 16, by striking “member of the general assembly,”
  6. Page 2, line 19, by striking “member of the general assembly,”
  7. Page 2, line 26, by striking “members of the general assembly,”
  8. Page 3, by striking lines 20 through 22 and inserting: “DIVISION ___ THREATS AGAINST JUDICIAL OFFICERS OR PUBLIC OFFICIALS —— IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS”
  9. Page 3, by striking lines 23 through 25 and inserting: “Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 708.17 Threatening a judicial officer, public official, or an immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official.”
  10. By striking page 3, line 26, through page 4, line 7, and inserting: “
  11. No person shall threaten a judicial officer, a public official, or an immediate family member of a judicial officer or a public official with the intent to do any of the following: a. Place a judicial officer or public official or an immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official in fear of serious injury to the judicial officer or public official or the immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official. b. Prevent or interrupt the ability of a judicial officer or public official to carry out the judicial officer’s or public official’s job duties. c. Retaliate against a judicial officer or public official in relation to the performance of the judicial officer’s or public official’s duties during the judicial officer’s or public official’s term of service.”
  12. Page 4, after line 15 by inserting: “c. “Public official” means the same as defined in section 68B.2.”
  13. Page 4, by striking lines 16 through 25 and inserting: “d. “ Retaliate” means intentionally threatening bodily injury to or damage to the property of a judicial officer or public official, or the immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official, due to the judicial officer’s or public official’s exercise of duties and causing the judicial officer, public official, or the immediate family member to reasonably believe that the judicial officer’s, the public official’s, or the immediate family member’s person or property is in danger.”
  14. Page 4, by striking lines 28 through 31 and inserting: “Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 708.18 Malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or public official or an immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official.”
  15. By striking page 4, line 32, through page 5, line 10, and inserting: “
  16. No person shall share the personal information of a judicial officer or public official or the immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official with the intent to do any of the following: a. Cause harm to the judicial officer or public official or the immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official. b. Place the judicial officer or public official or the immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official in fear of serious harm to the judicial officer or public official or the immediate family member of a judicial officer or public official. c. Prevent or interrupt the ability to carry out the judicial officer’s or public official’s job duties.”
  17. Page 5, after line 18 by inserting: “c. “Public official” means the same as defined in section 68B.2.”
  18. Page 5, line 19, by striking “c.” and inserting “d.”
  19. Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking “professions involved with the judicial system” and inserting “public offices”
  20. Title page, line 3, by striking “member of the general assembly,”
  21. Title page, by striking lines 7 through 9 and inserting “malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or public official or a judicial officer’s or public official’s immediate family, and”
  22. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book