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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 588: 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

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 15, 2020

  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jake Chapman (R)
  • Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
  • Sen. Robert Hogg (D)

In plain words

  1. March 11, 2019Filed in the Senate
  2. March 11, 2019Approved by the Senate committee
  3. April 4, 2019Sent to the Senate Judiciary committee
  4. January 15, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Bisignano, Chapman, Garrett and Hogg

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF588