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HF 201Renumbered as HF 849 · March 7, 2025

Relating to harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information, and making penalties applicable

Sponsored by Rep. Samantha Fett (R)

Topics:Public safety & emergenciesTechnology & privacy

Same legislation: SF 35, HF 849

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Also covers SF 35 and HF 849.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the SenateApril 7, 202547–0
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 849 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 849 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information. The bill provides that a person commits harassment when the person purposefully and without legitimate purpose disseminates, publishes, distributes, or posts personal information about another person, without the other person’s consent, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm the other person, or with the intent to encourage or entice third parties to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm the other person.

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A violation of this provision of the bill is harassment in the first degree, which is 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 defines “personal information” as a person’s contact information or the contact information of the person’s family, including but not limited to the person’s or family’s home address, phone number, email address, social media profile, place of employment, photographic or film depictions of the person or the person’s family, or any other information designed to allow other persons to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm the person.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named February 5, 2025. On February 12, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Fiscal note

7, but the extent of the increase in costs to the Department of Corrections (DOC) is unknown. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for an aggravated misdemeanor. The estimated impact to the General Fund includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the DOC. The cost would be incurred across multiple fiscal years for prison and parole supervision.

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§708.7

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Lobbying

8 for · 1 against · 8 undecided · Who →

Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

91st General Assembly

SF 35Passed a chamberSenate companionHF 201RenumberedHouse companionHF 849Cleared committeefrom HF 201

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title; check the text to be sure it’s the same idea.