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

SF 2159: Relating to materials used for prurient purposes, including age verification requirements for certain commercial entities, prohibitions on the publication, distribution, creation, or development of prohibited material, and prohibitions on child sexual exploitation material, and providing civil penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to materials used for prurient purposes. DIVISION I —— PROHIBITED MATERIALS ON THE INTERNET. The bill defines “child sexual abuse material”, “commercial entity”, “creation or development”, “digitized identification card”, “distribute”, “information content provider”, “interactive computer service”, “knowingly and intentionally”, “material harmful to minors”, “minor”, “news-gathering organization”, “obscene material”, “prohibited material”, “reasonable age verification”, and “transactional data”.

Sponsors

Sen. Sandy Salmon (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 3, 2026

  • Sen. Kevin Alons (R) · kevin.alons@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Liz Bennett (D) · liz.bennett@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jeff Taylor (R) · jeff.taylor@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Protect My Innocence; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 29, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Technology committee
  2. February 3, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Alons, Bennett and Taylor

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/SF2159