Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to indecent exposure, including the unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee, Rep. Bill Gustoff (R)
Topics:Courts & civil law
Same legislation: HF 43
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 27, 202593–0
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to indecent exposure, including the unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material. The bill provides that a person who is years of age or older commits a serious misdemeanor if the person knowingly sends a picture or video, which the person knows or reasonably should know is unsolicited and unwanted by the recipient, by electronic means depicting any of the following: any person’s genitals or pubic area; any person engaging in a sex act, as defined in Code section 702.17; or the covered genitals of a male person that are in a discernibly turgid state. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named April 1, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Fiscal note
Can’t be estimated Compare with other bills
House File 899 creates a new criminal offense, and the fiscal impact is unknown. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a serious misdemeanor. The estimated impact to the General Fund includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the Department of Corrections (DOC).
- Unsolicited Obscene Images, Criminal Penalty · March 20, 2025
Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§709.9
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Lobbying
4 for · 1 against · 6 undecided · Who →
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Similar bills
- SF 342 Establishing the criminal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit…91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.