90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 188: Relating to hate crimes, 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 hate crimes and provides penalties.8(3)(4). The bill provides that “hate crime” means any public offense when committed against a person or a person’s property because of the person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person’s association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability. A hate crime shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 1, 2023
- Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers
In plain words
- February 1, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
- February 1, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Bousselot, Knox and Shipley
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF188