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

HSB 15: Establishing the criminal offense of the smuggling of persons, and providing penalties

Became HF 572 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill establishes the criminal offense of the smuggling of persons. The bill provides that a person commits the offense of smuggling of persons when the person knowingly, for payment or some other benefit, does any of the following involving a noncitizen individual: uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance to transport an individual with the intent to conceal the individual from a peace officer or flees from a person the actor knows is a peace officer attempting to lawfully arrest or detain the actor; encourages or induces a person to enter or remain in the United States in violation of federal law by concealing, harboring, or shielding that person from detection, or assists, guides, or directs two or more individuals to enter or remain on agricultural land without the effective consent of the owner.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

House File 572 creates new criminal offenses, and the fiscal impact cannot be determined.

House subcommittee · named January 15, 2025

  • Rep. Steven C. Holt (R) · steven.holt@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Lindsay James (D) · lindsay.james@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 12 against

For: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; VALOR Iowa

Against: AFSCME Council 61; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Dubuque For Refugee Children; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Insurance Associates; Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice; Sisters of the Presentation, Dubuque

In plain words

  1. January 15, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 15, 2025House subcommittee named: Holt, James and Wheeler
  3. January 22, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 20, 2025Approved by the House committee
  5. February 20, 2025Committee vote: 13–4
  6. February 24, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 572

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/HSB15