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

SF 493: Relating to domestic abuse threat evaluation and deterrence

Became SF 2353 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to domestic abuse threat evaluation and deterrence. The bill requires that, when a peace officer has reason to believe that domestic abuse has occurred but no arrest has been made, a peace officer shall perform a threat evaluation of the person the peace officer has determined to be the likely primary physical aggressor, based on rules adopted by the department of justice, in order to categorize the potential threat a likely primary physical aggressor poses to an abused person.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 11, 2024

  • Sen. J. Taylor
  • Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. March 2, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. March 2, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate Judiciary committee
  4. January 11, 2024Senate subcommittee named: J. Taylor, Knox and Shipley
  5. January 31, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  6. February 15, 2024Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2353

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/SF493