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

HF 627: Relating to the crime of the unauthorized placement of a global positioning device, including the unauthorized placement of a global positioning device committed against a person under eighteen years of age, and providing penalties

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 the crime of the unauthorized placement of a global positioning device including the unauthorized placement of a global positioning device committed against a person under years of age. Current law provides that a person who commits a violation of the unauthorized placement of a global positioning device commits a serious misdemeanor. The bill provides that a second or subsequent offense is an aggravated misdemeanor. The bill provides that a person who commits the unauthorized placement of a global positioning device when the other person is under years of age commits an aggravated misdemeanor for a first offense, and a class “D” felony for a second or subsequent offense.

Sponsors

Public Safety (companion To Sf 222 By Bisignano) committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

House File 627 enhances the penalties for an existing criminal offense in certain circumstances, and the fiscal impact cannot be determined because the number of individuals affected cannot be estimated. Table 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a C…

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum); Soaring Hearts

In plain words

  1. March 6, 2023Filed in the House
  2. March 14, 2023Cost 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/HF627