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

SF 2297: Relating to jury service disqualification for certain felons

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 jury service disqualification for certain felons. The bill provides that a person is disqualified from jury service if the person has been convicted of a felony and remains under the supervision of the department of corrections, a judicial district department of correctional services, or the board of parole, or if the person has been convicted of a felony which requires registration as a sex offender under Code chapter 692A or to serve a special sentence under Code chapter 903B. The bill makes conforming Code changes.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 24, 2022

  • Rep. Dustin D. Hite (R)
  • Rep. Steven Holt (R) · steven.holt@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Mary Lynn Wolfe (D)

Lobbying · 1 for, 1 against

For: Iowa County Attorneys Association

Against: Iowa Association for Justice

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 16, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 23, 2022Passed the Senate, 48–0
  4. February 23, 2022Arrived in the House
  5. February 24, 2022House subcommittee named: Hite, Holt and Wolfe
  6. March 2, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it
  7. March 15, 2022Approved by the House committee
  8. April 12, 2022Passed the House, 69–22

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/SF2297