89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2232: Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable

Became HF 2446 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to sexual exploitation of a minor, and makes penalties applicable. Current law provides that it is unlawful to knowingly purchase or possess a visual depiction of a minor engaging in a prohibited sexual act or the simulation of a prohibited sexual act. A visual depiction containing pictorial representations of different minors shall be prosecuted and punished as separate offenses for each pictorial representation of a different minor in the visual depiction. However, violations involving multiple visual depictions containing pictorial representations of the same minor shall be prosecuted and punished as one offense.

Cost

See the fiscal note

House File 2446 modifies an existing criminal offense, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated because it is not known how many past offenses involved multiple images of the same minor. The average State cost per offense for a Class D felony ranges from $9,1…

House subcommittee · named February 8, 2022

Rep. Cherielynn Westrich (R) · cherielynn.westrich@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. David Kerr (R)
Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) · beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa State Bar Association; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; Network Against Human Trafficking; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

February 2, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee
February 8, 2022House subcommittee named: Westrich, Kerr and Wessel-Kroeschell
February 9, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
February 15, 2022Approved by the House committee
February 15, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2446
February 24, 2022Withdrawn