Relating to assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations including a health care provider, and making penalties applicable

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2025
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 202589–0
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   Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2025
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 8, 202547–0
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   Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 28, 2025

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What’s in it

This bill relates to assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations including a health care provider. The bill amends the definition of “health care provider” to include a person who is working, volunteering, or participating in an educational course of instruction at a hospital, rural emergency hospital, or at a nursing facility. An assault on a health care provider can result in penalties including a serious misdemeanor, an aggravated misdemeanor, or a class “D” felony. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560.

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Senate subcommittee

Named March 13, 2025. On March 18, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Scott Webster REmail
• Sen. Tony Bisignano DEmail
• Sen. Cherielynn Westrich REmail

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Fiscal note

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3A. However, the extent of the increase in costs to the Department of Corrections (DOC) is unknown. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a Class D felony, an aggravated misdemeanor, and a serious misdemeanor. The estimated impact to the General Fund includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the DOC.

• Final Fiscal Note — Assaults on Health Care Providers · June 10, 2025
• Assaults on Health Care Providers · February 25, 2025

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§708.3A

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Tried before

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• HF 2321 Relating to assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations including a health care pro…
  90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee

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