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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
May 27, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit-
House File 306, an Act relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to
minors and providing penalties.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sinc , ely,
eynolds
Governor of Io
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 306
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DISSEMINATION AND EXHIBITION OF OBSCENE
MATERIAL TO MINORS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 728.2, Code 2025, is amended to read as
follows:
728.2 Dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to
minors.
Any person eighteen years of age or older, other than the
parent or guardian of the minor, who knowingly disseminates or
exhibits obscene material to a minor, including the exhibition
of obscene material so that it can be observed by a minor on
or off the premises where it is displayed, is guilty of a
public offense and shall upon conviction be guilty of a scriou
isdcmcanor. as follows:
1. For a first offense, a serious misdemeanor.
2. For a second offense, an aggravated misdemeanor with a
mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year. No portion
of the mandatory minimum term of confinement imposed by this
subsection shall be deferred or suspended.
3. For a third or subsequent offense, a class " D" felony
with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of three years.
No portion of the mandatory minimum term of confinement imposed
by this subsection shall be deferred or suspended.
Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 728.2A Minors distributing obscene
material to minors.
House File 306, p. 2
Any person under the age of eighteen who knowingly
distributes obscene material to another minor is guilty of a
public offense and shall upon conviction be guilty of a serious
misdemeanor.
PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 306, Ninety - first General Assembly.
MEF.,AN NELSON
Ch - f Cl : of the House
Approved kjA 1j IFS! 2025 • 0 y..d 4 1 jX00 0e
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor