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

HF 554: Prohibiting the state or a political subdivision of the state from expending revenue received from taxpayers for payment to persons responsible for ransomware attacks, 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 prohibits the state or a political subdivision of the state from expending revenue received from taxpayers for payment to persons responsible for ransomware attacks.24. “Critical infrastructure” includes but is not limited to buildings, structures, offices, lines, poles, pipes, and equipment, as well as real and personal property owned or used to provide fire fighting, law enforcement, medical, or other emergency services. The bill defines “encryption” as the use of an algorithmic process to transform data into a form in which the data is rendered unreadable or unusable without the use of a confidential process or key.

Sponsors

Economic Growth and Technology committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 16, 2024

  • Rep. Devon Wood (R) · devon.wood@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Thomas D. Gerhold (R) · thomas.gerhold@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D) · elizabeth.wilson@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. March 2, 2023Filed in the House
  2. January 16, 2024House subcommittee named: Wood, Gerhold and Wilson
  3. February 1, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it

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/HF554