HF108 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the ability of peace officers to file a petition for emergency protective orders on behalf of persons seeking relief from domestic abuse.(See HF 523 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: BODEN
Last action: 2025-03-14
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the ability of peace officers to file a petition for emergency protective orders on behalf of persons seeking relief from domestic abuse.(See HF 523 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the ability of peace officers to file a petition for emergency protective orders on behalf of persons seeking relief from domestic abuse.(See HF 523 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-14 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 523 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 15. Nays, 5. Excused, 3. H.J. 367 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 367 .
2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/23/2025 8:30AM RM 304.
2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Gustoff, Amos Jr. and Cisneros. H.J. 116 .
2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 110 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the ability of peace officers to file a petition for emergency protective orders on behalf of persons seeking relief from domestic abuse.(See HF 523 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

108

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

108

BY

BODEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

ability

of

peace

officers

to

file

1

a

petition

for

emergency

protective

orders

on

behalf

of

2

persons

seeking

relief

from

domestic

abuse.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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H.F.

108

Section

1.

Section

236.6,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

1A.

A

peace

officer

may

file

a

petition

3

under

subsection

1

on

behalf

of

a

person

if

that

person

claims

4

to

be

in

present

danger

of

domestic

abuse

and

the

person

5

requests

the

peace

officer

to

submit

the

petition.

6

EXPLANATION

7

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

8

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

9

This

bill

allows

a

peace

officer

to

file

a

petition

to

10

receive

a

72-hour

emergency

protective

order

on

a

person’s

11

behalf

if

the

person

claims

to

be

in

present

danger

of

domestic

12

abuse

and

the

person

requests

the

peace

officer

to

submit

the

13

petition.

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