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Relating to criminal investigation, including the extension of DNA submission requirements to persons arrested for a felony or aggravated misdemeanor
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Proposed by the Attorney General · all agency proposals
Topics:Crime & corrections
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2026
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 202664–30
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 criminal investigations. The bill extends DNA submission requirements to persons arrested for a felony or aggravated misdemeanor. Current law requires a person who receives a deferred judgment for a felony or against whom a judgment or conviction for a felony or aggravated misdemeanor has been entered to submit a DNA sample for DNA profiling.4. The bill provides that a sample is not required if it is determined that a sample has previously been taken, is in the possession of the DNA database or DNA data bank, and has not been expunged.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that a person whose DNA record has been included in the DNA database or DNA data bank shall have the person’s DNA record automatically expunged within days if: the person’s conviction, adjudication, or civil commitment is reversed on appeal and the case is dismissed; or the person’s arrest resulted in an aggravated misdemeanor or felony charge that has been resolved by dismissal or acquittal, or the case was not filed within a year.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment H-8183; see Amendments. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named March 12, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Fiscal note
Cost: up to $473,000 Compare with other bills
4 million with an annual ongoing cost of $473,000. Details are shown in Figure 1 below.
- Criminal Investigations, DNA Submission Requirements and Cold Cases · March 4, 2026 · $473,000
Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note
Iowa Code it changes
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
7 for · 3 against · 9 undecided · Who →
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