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

HF 2477: Related to forgery involving movie prop money, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to forgery involving movie prop money, and provides penalties. The bill provides that a person who, with the intent to defraud or injure anyone, utters movie prop money for the purpose of obtaining property or services commits the following: for property or services exceeding $10,000 in value, a class “C” felony; for property or services exceeding $1,500 in value but not exceeding $10,000, a class “D” felony; for property or services exceeding $750 in value but not exceeding $1,500 in value, an aggravated misdemeanor; for property or services exceeding $300 in value but not exceeding $750 in value, a serious misdemeanor; and for property or services not exceeding $300 in value, a simple misdemeanor.

Sponsors

Public Safety committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 2477 establishes a new offense, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. Table 2 below shows the average State cost per offense for a Class C felony, Class D felony, aggravated misdemeanor, serious misdeme…

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2022Filed in the House
  2. February 21, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2477