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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 561: Relating to the criminal offense of grooming, and making penalties applicable

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the criminal offense of grooming. The bill provides that a person commits grooming if the person seduces, solicits, lures, or entices, or attempts to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, a child or a person believed to be a child, which includes a law enforcement officer or agent posing as be a child.

Sponsors

Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 25, 2025

  • Rep. Joshua Meggers (R) · joshua.meggers@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Daniel Gosa (D) · daniel.gosa@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Matthew Rinker (R) · matthew.rinker@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 24, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee
  2. February 25, 2025House subcommittee named: Meggers, Gosa and Rinker
  3. February 26, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF561