91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 201: Relating to harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information, and making penalties applicable

Became HF 849 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

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.

Cost

See the 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 Jud…

House subcommittee · named February 5, 2025

Rep. Sam Wengryn (R) · sam.wengryn@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Mark Cisneros (R) · mark.cisneros@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D) · elinor.levin@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 1 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); City of Marion; Dr. Tanja Garrison; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Newspaper Association; VALOR Iowa

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done

In plain words

February 3, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee
February 5, 2025House subcommittee named: Wengryn, Cisneros and Levin
February 12, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee
March 5, 2025Committee vote: 13–8
March 7, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 849