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

SF 2173: Relating to insurance companies acting as surety for bail bonds, including licensure requirements to act as a bail enforcement agent or business

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 insurance companies acting as surety for bail bonds, including licensure requirements to act as a bail enforcement agent or business. The bill provides that the requirements of Code chapter 80A (private investigative agencies and security agencies) do not apply to a person employed full or part-time by one employer in connection with the affairs of the employer, except for a person employed by a surety licensed pursuant to Code chapter 811 who is acting as a bail enforcement agent.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Dept. of Public Safety; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum)

In plain words

  1. January 31, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. January 31, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. April 1, 2024Withdrawn

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/SF2173