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

SF 2364: Relating to the dissemination of certain specified materials, including the prohibition of certain specified materials in schools and school libraries, civil actions to determine obscenity, and providing penalties

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

What it does

This bill relates to the dissemination of certain specified materials, including the prohibition of certain specified materials in schools and school libraries and civil actions to determine obscenity. The bill requires a school to designate at least one administrator to ensure that no obscene material or hard-core pornography is present and available to students in a library operated by the school that the administrator supervises or directs. The bill prohibits an administrator from knowingly providing obscene material to a student in a library operated by the school that the administrator supervises or directs.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

Senate File 2364 does not have a fiscal impact to the State. However, there may be a fiscal impact to schools related to increased future exposure to litigation. In addition, county attorney offices may hire additional staff to handle complaints as outlined in…

Lobbying · 5 for, 23 against

For: Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Des Moines Public Schools; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Honey Badger Humanitarian Assocation; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Annual Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Library Association (ILA); Iowa Safe Schools; and 11 more

In plain words

  1. February 21, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 21, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 28, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 24, 2022Sent to the Senate Judiciary committee

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/SF2364