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

HF 349: Relating to probation, including discharge credits, educational credits, and workforce credits, and including effective date provisions

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

What it does

This bill relates to probation, including discharge credits, educational credits, and workforce credits. Iowa law provides that upon a plea of guilty, a verdict of guilty, or a special verdict upon which a judgment of conviction may be rendered, the trial court may defer judgment and may place the defendant on probation upon conditions as it may require, defer the sentence and assign the defendant to a judicial district department of correctional services, or suspend the sentence and place the defendant on probation upon such terms and conditions as it may require including commitment to an alternate jail facility or a community correctional residential treatment facility to be followed by a period of probation.

Sponsors

Public Safety committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

According to the DOC, HF 349 is estimated to increase the workload for probation officers to verify eligibility for discharge credits, education credits, and employment credits for supervised clients. 7 million beginning in FY 2026 and each year thereafter.

Senate subcommittee · named March 23, 2023

  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Brad Zaun (R)

Lobbying · 16 for, 2 against

For: Associated General Contractors of Iowa; CPAC; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Faith & Freedom Coalition; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Central Community College; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa State Bar Association; and 4 more

Against: Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Soaring Hearts

In plain words

  1. February 20, 2023Filed in the House
  2. March 6, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 21, 2023Passed the House, 93–1
  4. March 23, 2023Sent to the Senate Judiciary committee
  5. March 23, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Knox and Zaun
  6. March 27, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  7. March 30, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  8. February 28, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/HF349