Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to theft, forgery, and fraud involving a gift card, and providing penalties
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 4, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 19, 202596–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 12, 202548–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 17, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawApril 18, 2025
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What’s in it
This bill relates to theft, forgery, and fraud involving a gift card. The bill provides that any person who, with intent to defraud, acquires or retains possession of a gift card or gift card redemption information without the consent of the cardholder, card issuer, or gift card seller commits theft and is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. The bill provides that any person who, with intent to defraud, alters or tampers with a gift card commits forgery and is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that any person who, with intent to defraud, devises a scheme to obtain a gift card or gift card redemption information from a card holder, card issuer, or gift card seller by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises engages in a fraudulent practice and is guilty as follows: a class “C” felony if the amount of money or value of property or services involved exceeds $5,000; a class “D” felony if the amount of money or value of property or services involved exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $5,000; an aggravated misdemeanor if the amount of money or value of property or services involved exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,000; and a serious misdemeanor if the amount of money or value of property or services involved does not exceed $500. _____ of the property stolen is $500 or less. The bill provides that the value of the retail merchandise received by a person in violation of the bill within any six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly. 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. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245. A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more than $13,660. The bill includes definitions.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
House subcommittee
Named February 17, 2025. On February 20, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Fiscal note
Senate File 266 may increase the number of convictions under Iowa Code chapter 714, but the extent of the increase in costs to the Department of Corrections (DOC) is unknown. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a serious misdemeanor, an aggravated misdemeanor, a Class D felony, and a Class C felony.
- Final Fiscal Note — Theft, Crimes Involving Gift Card · June 10, 2025
- Theft, Crimes Involving Gift Card · March 18, 2025
- Theft, Crimes Involving Gift Card · March 11, 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
Creates§714.2D
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Lobbying
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