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

SF 221: Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable

Became SF 470 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to sexual exploitation of a minor, and makes penalties applicable. Current law provides that it is unlawful to knowingly purchase or possess a visual depiction of a minor engaging in a prohibited sexual act or the simulation of a prohibited sexual act. A visual depiction containing pictorial representations of different minors shall be prosecuted and punished as separate offenses for each pictorial representation of a different minor in the visual depiction. However, violations involving multiple visual depictions containing pictorial representations of the same minor shall be prosecuted and punished as one offense.

Cost

See the fiscal note

Senate File 470 modifies an existing criminal offense, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated because the number of past convictions involving multiple images of the same minor is not known. The average State cost per offense for a Class D felony ranges fro…

Senate subcommittee · named February 8, 2023

Sen. J. Taylor
Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 10 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum); Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; Network Against Human Trafficking; Protect My Innocence; Soaring Hearts

In plain words

February 7, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
February 8, 2023Senate subcommittee named: J. Taylor, Bisignano and Webster
February 21, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it
March 1, 2023Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 470