HF64 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors and providing penalties.(See HF 306 .)

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: JONES and HORA
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Official status: Withdrawn.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 dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors and providing penalties.(See HF 306 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors and providing penalties.(See HF 306 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-14 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 306 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 16. Nays, 4. Excused, 1. H.J. 269 .
2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 269 .
2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-01-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2025 12:30PM RM 19.
2025-01-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Stone, Srinivas and Wills, J. H.J. 98 .
2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 62 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors and providing penalties.(See HF 306 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

64

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

64

BY

JONES

and

HORA

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

dissemination

and

exhibition

of

obscene

1

material

to

minors

and

providing

penalties.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

728.2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

1

follows:

2

728.2

Dissemination

and

exhibition

of

obscene

material

to

3

minors.

4

Any

person,

other

than

the

parent

or

guardian

of

the

minor,

5

who

knowingly

disseminates

or

exhibits

obscene

material

to

a

6

minor,

including

the

exhibition

of

obscene

material

so

that

7

it

can

be

observed

by

a

minor

on

or

off

the

premises

where

it

8

is

displayed,

is

guilty

of

a

public

offense

and

shall

upon

9

conviction

be

guilty

of

a

serious

misdemeanor

class

“D”

felony

.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

relates

to

the

dissemination

and

exhibition

of

14

obscene

material

to

minors.

15

Current

law

provides

that

any

person,

other

than

the

parent

16

or

guardian

of

the

minor,

who

knowingly

disseminates

or

17

exhibits

obscene

material,

including

the

exhibition

of

obscene

18

material

so

that

it

can

be

observed

by

a

minor

on

or

off

the

19

premises

where

it

is

displayed,

commits

a

serious

misdemeanor.

20

The

bill

increases

the

penalty

to

a

class

“D”

felony.

21

A

class

“D”

felony

is

punishable

by

confinement

for

no

more

22

than

five

years

and

a

fine

of

at

least

$1,025

but

not

more

than

23

$10,245.

24

A

violation

of

Code

section

728.2

is

a

tier

I

sex

offense

and

25

a

person

convicted

of

the

offense

is

required

to

register

as

a

26

sex

offender

for

a

period

of

10

years.

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