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HF 350Died when the session ended · February 12, 2025

Relating to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions

Sponsored by Rep. Zach Dieken (R)

Topics:Crime & corrections

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary The Department of Corrections would be prohibited from using state money to give sexually explicit books or materials to inmates. This rule applies to any person held in an institution controlled by the department. It specifically bans materials that show nudity or various sexual acts.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions. The bill provides that funds of the department shall not be used to distribute or make available any commercially published information or material to an inmate committed to any institution under the control of the department when such information or material is sexually explicit or features nudity including but not limited to showing the following: penetration of the penis into the vagina or anus; contact between the mouth and genitalia or mouth and anus or contact between the genitalia of one person and the genitalia or anus of another person; contact between the finger, hand, or other body part of one person and the genitalia or anus of another person; ejaculation onto the person of another; or use of artificial sexual organs or substitutes therefor in contact with the genitalia or anus.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named February 18, 2025. Meeting: Tuesday, February 25 · 8:00 AM · RM 102 (Cancelled).

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 24, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§904.310A

How the Code works3

Lobbying

1 for · 2 against · 1 undecided · Who →