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

SF 82: Creating a capital murder offense by establishing the penalty of death for murder in the first degree offenses involving kidnapping and sexual abuse offenses against the same victim who is a minor, and including effective date and applicability provisions

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

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 20, 2021

  • Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 14 against

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowans Against the Death Penalty; and 2 more

In plain words

  1. January 14, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 20, 2021Senate subcommittee named: Garrett, Bisignano and Schultz

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF82