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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HSB 525: HSB 525

Became HF 2315 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to criminal identification and criminal history and intelligence data, including fingerprints and palm prints. Current law requires the sheriff of every county and the chief of police of each city to take the fingerprints of all unidentified dead bodies in their jurisdictions and all persons who are taken into custody for the commission of a serious misdemeanor, aggravated misdemeanor, or felony. Fingerprint records are required to be forwarded to the commissioner of the department of public safety (department) within two working days after the fingerprint records are taken.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 9, 2024

  • Rep. Joshua Meggers (R) · joshua.meggers@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad (D)
  • Rep. Zach Dieken (R) · zachary.dieken@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: City of Waukee; Iowa Dept. of Public Safety; Iowa State Patrol Supervisors Association; State Police Officers Council

In plain words

  1. January 9, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee
  2. January 9, 2024House subcommittee named: Meggers, Abdul-Samad and Dieken
  3. January 24, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. January 31, 2024Approved by the House committee
  5. February 5, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2315

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HSB525