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

SF 2279: Relating to assaults, including assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and inmate assaults on department of corrections employees, and providing penalties

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 assaults, including assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and inmate assaults on department of corrections employees.1, against persons engaged in certain occupations including a peace officer, jailer, correctional staff, member or employee of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the department of health and human services, employee of the department of revenue, national guard member engaged in national guard duty or state active duty, civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, civilian employee of a fire department, or fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer.

Sponsors

Judiciary (companion To Hf 2302 By Committee on Public Safety) committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

1 million. 3A(4) and under HF 2302. This cost would recur for each annual group of admissions.

Lobbying · 13 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Association of Professional Fire Chiefs; Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Fire Chiefs Association; Iowa Firefighters Association (IFA); Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; Iowa Nurses Association; Iowa State Bar Association; Iowa State Patrol Supervisors Association; and 1 more

In plain words

  1. February 8, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 8, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 26, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/SF2279