HF946 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 285 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Last action: 2025-04-02
Official status: Fiscal note .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 285 .)

A bill for an act relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, and providing penalties.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, and providing penalties.
(Formerly HSB 285 .)

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

2025-04-22 Iowa Legislature
Explanation of vote. H.J. 1034 .
2025-04-02 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-03-31 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Reichman, Garrett, and Petersen. S.J. 665 .
2025-03-27 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 658 .
2025-03-27 Iowa Legislature
Message from House. S.J. 658 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. H.J. 850 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Passed House , yeas 61, nays 35. H.J. 827 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1171 adopted, as amended. H.J. 827 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1190 to amendment H-1171 adopted. H.J. 826 .
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1190 filed. H.J. 815 .
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Amendment H-1171 filed. H.J. 814 .
2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 614 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the enforcement of immigration laws, and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 285 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

946

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Reprinted

HOUSE

FILE

946

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

285)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

House

March

26,

2025

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

enforcement

of

immigration

laws,

and

1

providing

penalties.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

946

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

27A.12

Failure

to

comply.

1

1.

Any

law

enforcement

officer,

including

an

elected

2

sheriff,

who

knowingly

and

intentionally

fails

to

comply

3

with

the

requirements

of

this

chapter

shall

be

subject

to

4

investigation

by

the

attorney

general

as

provided

in

section

5

27A.8.

6

2.

A

law

enforcement

officer

subject

to

investigation

7

under

subsection

1

shall

be

given

the

opportunity

to

comply

8

with

the

requirements

of

this

chapter.

Upon

a

determination

9

by

the

attorney

general

that

a

complaint

submitted

pursuant

10

to

subsection

1

alleging

a

violation

of

this

section

is

11

valid,

a

law

enforcement

officer

refusing

to

comply

with

the

12

requirements

of

this

chapter

may

have

the

officer’s

case

13

referred

to

the

Iowa

law

enforcement

academy

council,

pursuant

14

to

section

80B.13A,

with

a

recommendation

for

revocation

of

the

15

officer’s

certification.

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