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

HF 849: Relating to harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information, 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 harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information. The bill provides that a person commits harassment when the person purposefully and without legitimate purpose disseminates, publishes, distributes, or posts personal information about another person, without the other person’s consent, with the intent to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm the other person, or with the intent to encourage or entice third parties to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm the other person.

Sponsors

Rep. Samantha Fett (R)

Cost

Can’t be estimated

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Lobbying · 8 for, 1 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); City of Marion; Dr. Tanja Garrison; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Newspaper Association; VALOR Iowa

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done

In plain words

  1. March 7, 2025Filed in the House
  2. March 28, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

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/HF849