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

SF 577: Relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, 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 critical infrastructure sabotage. The bill provides that “critical infrastructure” includes a telecommunications service, information service, or cable service as defined in U.S.C. §153, or a wireless service as defined in Code section 8C.2. A person who, overtly, intentionally, and without authorization, causes or has the means to cause, and in substantial furtherance of causing, a substantial and widespread interruption or impairment of a fundamental service rendered by critical infrastructure commits critical infrastructure sabotage, a class “B” felony, and is subject to confinement for no more than years and a fine of not less than $85,000 nor more than $100,000.

Sponsors

Commerce committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

The fiscal impact of HF 879 cannot be determined since it is not known how many additional convictions would result from the changes to the definition. Figure 2 shows the average State cost per offense for a Class B felony. The estimated impact to the General …

Senate subcommittee · named February 18, 2025

  • Sen. Rocky De Witt (R)
  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Zach Wahls (D) · zach.wahls@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 9 for, 0 against

For: AT & T; CTIA - The Wireless Association; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities; Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association; Lumen; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; Verizon Corporation and Affiliated Companies; Wireless Infrastructure Association c/o MultiState Associates LLC

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee · as SSB 1148
  2. February 18, 2025Senate subcommittee named: De Witt, Sweeney and Wahls · as SSB 1148
  3. March 3, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes · as SSB 1148
  4. March 6, 2025Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 577 · as SSB 1148
  5. March 10, 2025Filed in the Senate
  6. March 10, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  7. March 27, 2025Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. April 14, 2025Withdrawn

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/SF577