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

SF 35: Relating to harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information, and making penalties applicable

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 harassment by the dissemination, publication, distribution, or posting of personal information. entice third parties to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm the other person. A violation of this provision of the bill is harassment in the first degree, which is an aggravated misdemeanor. 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. The bill defines “personal information” as a person’s contact information or the contact information of the person’s family, including but not limited to the person’s or family’s home address, phone number, email address, social media profile, place of employment, photographic or film depictions of the person or the person’s family, or any other information designed to allow other persons to threaten, intimidate, annoy, or alarm the person.

Sponsors

Sen. Charlie McClintock (R)

Cost

Can’t be estimated

7, 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 an aggravated misdemeanor. The estimated impact to the General Fund includes operating costs incurred by the Jud…

Senate subcommittee · named January 15, 2025

  • Sen. Lynn Evans (R) · lynn.evans@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) · tony.bisignano@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Adrian Dickey (R) · adrian.dickey@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 1 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); City of Marion; Dr. Tanja Garrison; Home Builders Association of Iowa; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Newspaper Association; VALOR Iowa

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done

In plain words

  1. January 14, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 15, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Evans, Bisignano and Dickey
  3. January 27, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. March 6, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  5. March 11, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  6. April 7, 2025Passed the Senate, 47–0

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/SF35