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HF 747Died when the session ended · March 5, 2025

Providing for a human trafficking task force and an annual report to the general assembly

Sponsored by Rep. Devon Wood (R)

Topics:Families & human servicesPublic safety & emergencies

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2025
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
  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 commissioner of public safety will create a special group to investigate human trafficking in Iowa. This task force will work with experts to find ways to help victims and teach the public how to assist people in danger. After their work is done, the group will share what they learned and suggest new ideas with state leaders.1

Read the official explanation

This bill directs the commissioner of public safety to establish a human trafficking task force to investigate human trafficking (trafficking) in the state, collaborate with the office to combat human trafficking, identify current services available in the state to victims of human trafficking, develop information and materials available to the public to educate members of the public on ways to provide assistance to a person who may be a victim of human trafficking, and report on findings and make recommendations in the report submitted to the general assembly. The required members of the task force are specified in the bill. The bill requires the commissioner to provide the findings and recommendations of the task force to the coordinator of the office of human trafficking for inclusion in the annual report submitted by the office to the general assembly by November 1.

Full bill text2

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§80.45B

Amends§80.45

How the Code works3

Lobbying

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Tried before

SF 521Passed a chamber89th GASF 305Renumbered89th GA

91st General Assembly

HF 747Cleared committee

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

  • SF 305 Providing for a human trafficking task force and an annual report to the general assembly
    89th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 521 · same title
    Cleared committee
  • SF 521 Providing for a human trafficking task force and an annual report to the general assembly
    89th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same title
    Passed a chamber

Matched by wording or an identical title.