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

SF 2210: Relating to sexual abuse by fraud, concealment, or artifice regarding marital status, and providing 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 sexual abuse by fraud, concealment, or artifice regarding marital status. The bill provides that sexual abuse includes a person obtaining the consent of another person by the use of fraud, concealment, or artifice, who intentionally deceives the other person regarding the person’s marital status such that a reasonable person would not have consented but for the deception. The bill provides that a person commits sexual abuse in the third degree when the person obtains the other person’s consent through the use of fraud, concealment, or artifice regarding the person’s marital status, and the person performing the act knows or reasonably should have known that the other person would not have consented but for the deception.

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 10, 2026

  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 5, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 10, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Blake and Bousselot

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/SF2210