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HF 546Died when the session ended · March 12, 2025

Relating to initial appearance minimum bond amounts for certain criminal offenses

Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee

Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & corrections

Same legislation: HSB 124

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2025
  4. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 12, 202564–31
  5. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 initial appearance minimum bond amounts for certain criminal offenses.26.11).

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named March 18, 2025. On March 25, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§804.21

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

Lobbying

2 for · 3 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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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 an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 2038 Relating to initial appearance minimum bond amounts for certain criminal offenses
    90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2555 · same title
    Cleared committee
  • HF 2555 Relating to initial appearance minimum bond amounts for certain criminal offenses
    90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
    Cleared 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.