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

HF 2201: Relating to sexual misconduct with offenders and juveniles, and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to sexual misconduct with offenders and juveniles. The bill increases the penalty from an aggravated misdemeanor to a class “D” felony for any peace officer, or an officer, employee, contractor, vendor, volunteer, or an agent of the department of corrections or a judicial district department of correctional services or an agent of a county, or an agent of a juvenile placement facility or county jail, who engages in a sex act with a person committed to the custody of the department of corrections or a judicial district department of correctional services, with a juvenile placed at a juvenile placement facility, or with a prisoner incarcerated in a county jail.

Sponsors

Public Safety committee

Cost

Minimal

The fiscal impact of the Bill is estimated to be minimal. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per relevant offense and shows the estimated cost increase for one conviction from the increased penalty under the Bill. The estimated impact to the General Fund in…

House subcommittee · named January 13, 2026

  • Rep. Mike Vondran (R) · mike.vondran@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D) · jerome.amosjr@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Matthew Rinker (R) · matthew.rinker@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Dept. of Corrections; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; Juvenile Detention Coalition of Iowa; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 13, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee · as HSB 529
  2. January 13, 2026House subcommittee named: Vondran, Amos Jr. and Rinker · as HSB 529
  3. January 20, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 529
  4. January 27, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 529
  5. January 27, 2026Committee vote: 20–1 · as HSB 529
  6. January 29, 2026Filed in the House
  7. January 29, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2201 · as HSB 529
  8. February 24, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/91/HF2201