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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2475: Relating to victim restitution and the rights of human trafficking victims

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to victim restitution and the rights of human trafficking victims. Current law provides that in all criminal cases in which the offender is convicted of a felony in which the act or acts committed by the offender caused the death of another person, the court shall order the offender to pay at least $150,000 in restitution to the victim’s estate or to the victim’s heirs at law. The bill provides that in all criminal cases in which the offender is convicted of a felony in which the act or acts committed by the offender caused the death of another person, the court may order the offender to pay at least $150,000 in restitution to the victim’s estate or to the victim’s heirs at law dependent on whether the victim died with or without a will.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Network Against Human Trafficking

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the 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/90/HF2475