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HF350 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions.

A bill for an act relating to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
DIEKEN
Last action
2025-02-24
Official status
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 8:00AM RM 102 (Cancelled).
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions.

A bill for an act relating to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 8:00AM RM 102 (Cancelled).

  2. 2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Dieken, Gearhart and Meyer, B. H.J. 349 .

  3. 2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 304 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the availability of sexually explicit material in department of corrections institutions.

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House

File

350

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

350

BY

DIEKEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

availability

of

sexually

explicit

1

material

in

department

of

corrections

institutions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

350

Section

1.

Section

904.310A,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

Funds

appropriated

to

the

department

or

other

funds

made

3

available

to

the

department

shall

not

be

used

to

distribute

4

or

make

available

any

commercially

published

information

or

5

material

to

an

inmate

committed

to

any

institution,

as

provided

6

in

section

904.102,

under

the

control

of

the

department

when

7

such

information

or

material

is

sexually

explicit

or

features

8

nudity

including

but

not

limited

to

showing

the

following:

9

a.

Penetration

of

the

penis

into

the

vagina

or

anus

.

10

b.

Contact

between

the

mouth

and

genitalia

or

mouth

and

11

anus

or

contact

between

the

genitalia

of

one

person

and

the

12

genitalia

or

anus

of

another

person.

13

c.

Contact

between

the

finger,

hand,

or

other

body

part

of

14

one

person

and

the

genitalia

or

anus

of

another

person.

15

d.

Ejaculation

onto

the

person

of

another.

16

e.

Use

of

artificial

sexual

organs

or

substitutes

therefor

17

in

contact

with

the

genitalia

or

anus.

18

EXPLANATION

19

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

20

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

21

This

bill

relates

to

the

availability

of

sexually

explicit

22

material

in

department

of

corrections

institutions.

23

The

bill

provides

that

funds

of

the

department

shall

not

24

be

used

to

distribute

or

make

available

any

commercially

25

published

information

or

material

to

an

inmate

committed

to

26

any

institution

under

the

control

of

the

department

when

such

27

information

or

material

is

sexually

explicit

or

features

28

nudity

including

but

not

limited

to

showing

the

following:

29

penetration

of

the

penis

into

the

vagina

or

anus;

contact

30

between

the

mouth

and

genitalia

or

mouth

and

anus

or

contact

31

between

the

genitalia

of

one

person

and

the

genitalia

or

anus

32

of

another

person;

contact

between

the

finger,

hand,

or

other

33

body

part

of

one

person

and

the

genitalia

or

anus

of

another

34

person;

ejaculation

onto

the

person

of

another;

or

use

of

35

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(2)

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1/

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artificial

sexual

organs

or

substitutes

therefor

in

contact

1

with

the

genitalia

or

anus.

2

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1648YH

(2)

91

as/js

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