90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 287: Relating to tampering with witnesses or jurors, and providing penalties
Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to tampering with witnesses or jurors, and provides penalties. Current law provides that a person who tampers with a witness or juror commits an aggravated misdemeanor. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. The bill provides that a person who tampers with a witness or juror commits a public offense that shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense. In no case shall the public offense be classified and punished lower than an aggravated misdemeanor.
Sponsors
Judiciary committee
Cost
Cost: up to $64,000
Senate File 287 is estimated to increase costs to the DOC by approximately $64,000 per group of individuals who are admitted to DOC supervision each year for this offense, as shown in
Senate subcommittee · named January 11, 2024
- Sen. Jeff Reichman (R) · jeff.reichman@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 1 for, 1 against
For: Iowa County Attorneys Association
Against: Iowa Association for Justice
In plain words
- February 15, 2023Filed in the Senate
- February 15, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
- February 21, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
- June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate Judiciary committee
- January 11, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Reichman, Bisignano and Bousselot
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF287