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

HSB 564: Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and providing penalties

Became HF 2533 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

This bill relates to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including by authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, and assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons; and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a member of the judicial officer’s immediate family. DIVISION I. The bill provides that a permit issued to a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general grants authorization to go armed anywhere in the state at all times, including on the grounds of a school.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

See the fiscal note

Division I of the Bill is estimated to have minimal fiscal impact. Division II — Threats Against Members of the General Assembly or Judicial Officers — Immediate Family Members Description Division II establishes a new criminal offense for threatening a member…

House subcommittee · named January 15, 2026

  • Rep. Judd Lawler (R) · judd.lawler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Charley Thomson (R) · charley.thomson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ross Wilburn (D) · ross.wilburn@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 2 against

For: Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa Association of Magistrate Judges; Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Firearms Coalition, Inc.; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; VALOR Iowa

Against: Dubuque Coalition for Nonviolence (CNV); Iowans for Gun Safety

In plain words

  1. January 15, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 15, 2026House subcommittee named: Lawler, Thomson, C. and Wilburn
  3. January 22, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. February 10, 2026Approved by the House committee
  5. February 10, 2026Committee vote: 21–0
  6. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2533

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/HSB564