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SF 104Died when the session ended · January 22, 2025

Relating to surgical castration for certain sex offenses

Sponsored by Sen. Mark S. Lofgren (R)

Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & corrections

Same legislation: HF 17

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Also covers HF 17.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2025
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 surgical castration for certain sex offenses. The bill provides that in addition to any other punishment provided by law, a person who has been convicted of a serious sex offense occurring on or after the effective date of the bill, in which the victim was under the age of at the time of the offense, may be ordered by the court to undergo surgical castration as part of any conditions of release imposed by the court or the board of parole. If a person is placed on probation and is not in confinement at the time of sentencing, the presentence investigation shall include a plan for surgical castration to be performed as soon as is reasonably possible.

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If the person is in confinement prior to release on probation or parole, surgical castration shall be performed not later than one week prior to the defendant’s release from confinement. An order of the court requiring a person to undergo surgical castration shall be contingent upon a determination by a court-appointed medical expert that the defendant is an appropriate candidate for the procedure and that the procedure is medically appropriate.23.

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 January 23, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§903B.11

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Lobbying

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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.

91st General Assembly

HF 17Cleared committeeHouse companionSF 104Cleared committeeSenate companion

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