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

HF 879: Relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to critical infrastructure sabotage. The bill provides that “critical infrastructure” includes a telecommunications service, information service, or cable service as defined in U.S.C. §153, or a wireless service as defined in Code section 8C.2. A person who, overtly, intentionally, and without authorization, causes or has the means to cause, and in substantial furtherance of causing, a substantial and widespread interruption or impairment of a fundamental service rendered by critical infrastructure commits critical infrastructure sabotage, a class “B” felony, and is subject to confinement for no more than years and a fine of not less than $85,000 nor more than $100,000.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

The fiscal impact of HF 879 cannot be determined since it is not known how many additional convictions would result from the changes to the definition. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a Class B felony. The estimated impact to the General …

House subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

  • Rep. John H. Wills (R) · john.wills@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D) · sean.bagniewski@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Charley Thomson (R) · charley.thomson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against

For: AT & T; CTIA - The Wireless Association; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association; Lumen; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; Verizon Corporation and Affiliated Companies; Wireless Infrastructure Association c/o MultiState Associates LLC

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Commerce committee · as HSB 206
  2. February 18, 2025House subcommittee named: Wills, J., Bagniewski, Thomson and C · as HSB 206
  3. February 26, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes · as HSB 206
  4. March 4, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 206
  5. March 4, 2025Committee vote: 23–0 · as HSB 206
  6. March 7, 2025Filed in the House
  7. March 7, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 879 · as HSB 206
  8. March 18, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. March 19, 2025Passed the House, 94–2
  10. March 20, 2025Arrived in the Senate
  11. March 21, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  12. April 14, 2025Took the place of SF 577 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  13. April 14, 2025Passed the Senate, 45–0
  14. May 1, 2025Sent to the Governor
  15. May 1, 2025Signed into law
  16. June 6, 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/HF879