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

HF 2531: Relating to public safety nuisances at adult establishments that provide nude or topless dancing or operate any other adult-oriented business, and making penalties applicable

Signed into law

What it does

This bill provides the circumstances where an adult cabaret is deemed to be a public safety nuisance and provides penalties. The bill provides that a public safety nuisance exists when an owner, manager, employee, contemporaneous patron, or guest of an adult cabaret commits any of the following acts either on the premises or within 500 hundred feet of the premises: (1) unlawfully discharges a firearm or uses an offensive weapon, (2) assaults another person with a dangerous weapon resulting in injury or death, or (3) engages in a riot three or more times in a 12-month period.

Cost

Cost: up to $10,800

House File 2531 creates a new criminal offense, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. The average State cost for an aggravated misdemeanor conviction ranges from $7,500 to $10,800. The estimated impact to the Stat…

Senate subcommittee · named March 11, 2024

Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: City of Davenport; Iowa League of Cities; Metropolitan Coalition

In plain words

February 15, 2024Filed in the House
February 26, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
March 7, 2024Passed the House, 94–0
March 11, 2024Arrived in the Senate
March 11, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Cournoyer, Bisignano and Webster
March 12, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
March 13, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
April 9, 2024Passed the Senate, 46–0
April 10, 2024Passed the House, 97–0
April 23, 2024Sent to the Governor
May 1, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
May 1, 2024Signed into law