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HF879 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 206 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 206 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
Last action
2025-06-06
Official status
Fiscal note .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 206 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.
  • (Formerly HSB 206 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-06 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  2. 2025-05-01 Iowa Legislature

    Signed by Governor . H.J. 1085 .

  3. 2025-05-01 Iowa Legislature

    Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. H.J. 1084 .

  4. 2025-04-15 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 934 .

  5. 2025-04-14 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 769 .

  6. 2025-04-14 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 45, nays 0. S.J. 767 .

  7. 2025-04-14 Iowa Legislature

    Substituted for SF 577 . S.J. 767 .

  8. 2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 689 .

  9. 2025-03-21 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  10. 2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, attached to SF 577 . S.J. 603 .

  11. 2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature

    Message from House. S.J. 603 .

  12. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. H.J. 748 .

  13. 2025-03-19 Iowa Legislature

    Passed House , yeas 94, nays 2. H.J. 741 .

  14. 2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  15. 2025-03-07 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 566 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 206 .) Effective date: 07/01/2025.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
May 1,2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 879, an Act relating to critical inffastructme sabotage, and making penalties
applicable.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 879
AN ACT
RELATING TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SABOTAGE, AND MAKING
PENALTIES APPLICABLE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 716.11, subsection 1, paragraph c. Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
c» A telecommunications er- service, information service,
or cable service as defined in 47 U.S.C. §153, a wireless
service as defined in section 8C.2, or a broadband generation,
transmission, or delivery system.
PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of tne House
AMY SINCa/AIR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 879r Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved
MEGHAN NELSON
Chi^f Cl^rk of the House
2025
riM* REYNOLD
Governor