HF649 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 189 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Last action: 2025-05-19
Official status: Signed by Governor . H.J. 1226 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 189 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable.
(Formerly HSB 189 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

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Bill History

2025-05-19 Iowa Legislature
Signed by Governor . H.J. 1226 .
2025-05-19 Iowa Legislature
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1224 .
2025-04-23 Iowa Legislature
Message from Senate. H.J. 1038 .
2025-04-23 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. S.J. 868 .
2025-04-23 Iowa Legislature
Passed Senate , yeas 48, nays 0. S.J. 864 .
2025-04-10 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 758 .
2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar.
2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 694 .
2025-03-31 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 12:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Webster, Garrett, and Petersen. S.J. 654 .
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Explanations of votes. H.J. 812 .
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Explanation of vote. H.J. 811 .
2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 606 .
2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 606 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 767 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 89, nays 0. H.J. 756 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1145 filed, ruled out of order. H.J. 756 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1137 adopted, as amended. H.J. 756 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1149 to amendment H-1137 filed, adopted. H.J. 756 .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1137 filed. H.J. 752 .
2025-02-28 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 473 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 189 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
May 19, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 649, an Act relating to human trafficking including services and prostitution,
and making penalties applicable.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Kim Reynolds!
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 649
AN ACT
RELATING TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCLUDING SERVICES AND
PROSTITUTION, AND MAKING PENALTIES APPLICABLE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA;
Section 1. Section 710A.1, subsection 4, paragraph b. Code
2025r is amended to read as follows:
b, "^ffuman trafficking" also means knowingly purchasing or
attempting to purchase services involving commercial sexual
activity from a victim or another person engaged in human
trafficking, or from a law enforcement officer or agent posing
as a person engaged in human trafficking.
Sec. 2. Section 710A.1, subsections 10 and 13, Code 2025,
are amended to read as follows:
10. "^Services" means an ongoing relationship botwoon a
person and the actor in which the person performs performing
activities under the supervision of or for the benefit of -fefee
an actor, including commercial sexual activity and sexually
explicit performances.
13. "^"victim" means a peroon oubjected to human trafficking.
any of the following:
a, A person subjected to human trafficking.
b. A person who is identified as being subjected to or
targeted for human trafficking.
a, A law enforcement officer or agent posing as a person
subjected to or a target for human trafficking.
House Pile 649, p. 2
Sec. 3. Section 725.1, subsection 2, paragraph b. Code 2025,
is amended to read as follows;
b. A person who purchases or offers to purchase services as
a partner in a sex act from a person who is under the age of
eighteen, or who is reasonably believed to be under the age of
eighteen including a law enforcement officer or agent posing as
a minor under the age of eighteen, commits a class ^D" felony.
PAT GRASSI^
Speaker of the House
AMY SINC^IR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 649, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved 2025
ME(MAN
Chief
ELSON
f the House
Governor