90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2217: Relating to sexual exploitation of a minor, and making penalties applicable
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 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.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 6, 2024
- Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against
For: Iowa County Attorneys Association; VALOR Iowa
In plain words
- February 5, 2024Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
- February 6, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Dawson, Evans and Petersen
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/SF2217