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

HF 792: Establishing a cause of action for murder in the first degree by causing the death of another by delivering, dispensing, or providing fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance, 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 establishes a cause of action for murder in the first degree by causing the death of another by delivering, dispensing, or providing fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance. The bill provides that a person who unlawfully delivers, dispenses, or otherwise provides fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance to another person that results in the death of the other person, and the proximate cause of the death of the other person is the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of the fentanyl or fentanyl-related substance, commits murder in the first degree.

Sponsors

Public Safety committee

Cost

Cost: up to $203,600

House File 792 creates a new criminal offense and the fiscal impact cannot be determined. The average State cost for a Class A felony ranges between $199,400 and $203,600. This includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund…

Senate subcommittee · named March 31, 2025

  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. March 5, 2025Filed in the House
  2. March 19, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 26, 2025Passed the House, 69–27
  4. March 27, 2025Arrived in the Senate
  5. March 31, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Blake and Bousselot

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/HF792