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Relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim restitution fund
Sponsored by Rep. Brett Barker (R), Rep. Chad Behn (R), Rep. Dr. Steven P. Bradley (R), Rep. Taylor R. Collins (R), Rep. Zach Dieken (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R), Rep. Thomas Gerhold (R), Rep. Cindy Golding (R), Rep. Daniel Gosa (D), Rep. Thomas M. Jeneary (R), Rep. Megan Jones (R), Rep. Wendy Larson (R), Rep. Barb Kniff McCulla (R), Rep. Brent Siegrist (R), Rep. Mark I. Thompson (R), Rep. Mike Vondran (R)
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2026
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the disposition of collected criminal case fines. Current law provides that the clerk of the district court shall distribute the fine amount for a criminal violation that occurred within the boundaries of a county as follows: percent to the state court administrator and percent to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general fund where the violation occurred. The bill provides that the fine amount for a criminal violation that occurred within the boundaries of a county shall be distributed as follows: percent to the state court administrator, percent to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general fund where the violation occurred, and percent to the victim restitution fund established in the bill.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that a victim restitution fund is established as a separate fund in the state treasury.3B. “Pecuniary damages” means all damages to the extent not paid by an insurer on an insurance claim by a victim, which a victim could recover against the offender in a civil action arising out of the same facts or event, except punitive damages and damages for pain, suffering, mental anguish, and loss of consortium, and includes damages for wrongful death and expenses incurred for psychiatric or psychological services or counseling or other counseling for the victim, which became necessary as a direct result of the criminal activity.3B provides for the payment of at least $150,000 to a victim’s estate or a victim’s heirs in addition to pecuniary damages.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated.
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 January 22, 2026. On January 27, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§915.96
Amends§602.8106
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Lobbying
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This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 472 Relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim res…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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- HF 1007 Relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim res…91st General Assembly · Passed HouseNearly identical
- HF 751 Relating to the disposition of collected criminal case fines and establishing a victim res…91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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