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

HF 2533: Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, 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 the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including by authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, and assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons; and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a member of the judicial officer’s immediate family. DIVISION I. The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general grants authorization to go armed anywhere in the state at all times, including on the grounds of a school.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

Minimal

Division I of the Bill is estimated to have minimal fiscal impact. Division II — Threats Against Members of the General Assembly or Judicial Officers — Immediate Family Members Description Division II establishes a new criminal offense for threatening a member…

House subcommittee · named January 15, 2026

  • Rep. Judd Lawler (R) · judd.lawler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Charley Thomson (R) · charley.thomson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ross Wilburn (D) · ross.wilburn@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 2 against

For: Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of Magistrate Judges; Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; VALOR Iowa

Against: Dubuque Coalition for Nonviolence (CNV); Iowans for Gun Safety

In plain words

  1. January 15, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee · as HSB 564
  2. January 15, 2026House subcommittee named: Lawler, Thomson, C. and Wilburn · as HSB 564
  3. January 22, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 564
  4. February 10, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 564
  5. February 10, 2026Committee vote: 21–0 · as HSB 564
  6. February 16, 2026Filed in the House
  7. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2533 · as HSB 564
  8. February 23, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. April 8, 2026Withdrawn

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/HF2533