Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a public employer
Sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Wilson (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to sentencing of public employees and public officials for certain offenses. The bill prohibits a sentencing court from deferring the judgment or deferring the sentence of a defendant if the defendant was a public employee or public official at the time of the offense and the amount of money taken by the public employee or public official in connection with the offense exceeded $10,000.
Read the full explanation
The bill prohibits a sentencing court from suspending the sentence of a defendant if the defendant was a public employee or public official at the time of the offense and the amount of money taken by the public employee or public official in connection with the offense exceeded $10,000 unless the defendant establishes, by clear and convincing evidence, and the sentencing court finds and states specifically on the record, that mitigating circumstances exist warranting a departure from the otherwise mandatory minimum term of incarceration.2).
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 18, 2026. On February 19, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§907.3
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2453 Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a publ…90th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
- SF 2134 Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a publ…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2336 · very similarCleared committee
- HF 2436 Relating to the penalty for public employees and public officials taking money from a publ…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.