SSB 3197: Establishing a grant program for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensic examination centers

What it does

This bill establishes a grant program in the department of justice for a nonprofit organization providing sexual assault forensic examination centers. _____ general to contract with an eligible nonprofit organization to operate and maintain sexual assault forensic examination centers in the state. The bill provides that a nonprofit organization must comply with all of the following to be eligible for a contract under this section: be a nonprofit organization incorporated in the state that is not owned, controlled, or affiliated with any hospital, health system, or inpatient medical facility; employ or otherwise retain services from sexual assault nurse examiners; maintain, or be in the process of establishing, one or more treatment facilities in the state that are primarily dedicated to providing a diverse range of services to sexual assault survivors, including but not limited to medical forensic services; and provide services for sexual assault survivors, including providing sexual assault care and related trainings, as the overall primary purpose of the organization.

Senate subcommittee · named April 30, 2026

• Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink (R) · tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Matt Blake (D) · matt.blake@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dan Dawson (R) · dan.dawson@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D) · bill.dotzler@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Jesse Green (R) · jesse.green@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R) · kerry.gruenhagen@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dennis Guth (R) · dennis.guth@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Klimesh (R) · mike.klimesh@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Izaah Knox (D) · izaah.knox@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Jeff Reichman (R) · jeff.reichman@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Art Staed (D) · art.staed@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Kara Warme (R) · kara.warme@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Jack Whitver (R) · jack.whitver@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 13 for, 0 against

For: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; Iowa Nurses Association; Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Iowa Psychological Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Polk County - Board of Supervisors; Soaring Hearts; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; and 1 more

In plain words

1. April 30, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Appropriations committee
2. April 30, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Kraayenbrink, Blake, Bousselot, Costello, Dawson, Donahue, Dotzler, Green, Gruenhagen, Guth, Klimesh, Knox, Koelker, Petersen, Reichman, Rowley, Shipley, Staed, Warme, Whitver and Zumbach
3. May 1, 2026Approved by the Senate committee, and given a new number: SF 2502