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

SF 572: Relating to the statute of limitations periods for certain criminal and civil actions

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

Can’t be estimated

Senate File 572 removes the statute of limitations for several offenses and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to the lack of conviction data. Table 2 contains cost estimates for the average State cost per offense class type for one conviction of offens…

Senate subcommittee · named January 12, 2021

  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 3 against

For: Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Prevent Child Abuse Iowa; Soaring Hearts

Against: Iowa Defense Counsel Association; Iowa Insurance Associates; Patterson Law Firm LLP

In plain words

  1. January 12, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee · as SSB 1017
  2. January 12, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Zaun, Petersen and Sinclair · as SSB 1017
  3. January 26, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes · as SSB 1017
  4. March 3, 2021Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 572 · as SSB 1017
  5. March 8, 2021Filed in the Senate
  6. March 8, 2021Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 11, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. April 1, 2021Sent 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/SF572