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

SF 2348: Relating to tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties, 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 tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties.4 (tampering with witnesses or jurors). The bill states that a person shall not, with certain specified intent or in retaliation to a lawful act of the witness, juror, or reporting party, tamper with the witness, juror, or reporting party. The bill provides that tampering with a witness, juror, or reporting party is a class “D” felony. However, if the tampering occurs in a judicial proceeding in which a defendant is charged with a class “A” or class “B” felony, such tampering is a class “C” felony.

Sponsors

Judiciary (companion To Hf 2250 By Committee on Judiciary) committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

The fiscal impact cannot be determined but is anticipated to be minimal. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a Class C felony, a Class D felony, and an aggravated misdemeanor. Potential impacts to the State General Fund include operating cost…

Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association

Against: Iowa Association for Justice

In plain words

  1. February 14, 2024Filed in the Senate
  2. February 14, 2024Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 26, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 26, 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/SF2348