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A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a subpoena or search warrant for menstrual health data.

A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a subpoena or search warrant for menstrual health data.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
PETERSEN, STAED, CELSI, DONAHUE, DOTZLER, TOWNSEND, WAHLS, BENNETT and WEINER
Last action
2025-01-28
Official status
Subcommittee: Schultz, Bousselot, and Petersen. S.J. 153 .
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 the issuance of a subpoena or search warrant for menstrual health data.

A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a subpoena or search warrant for menstrual health data.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a subpoena or search warrant for menstrual health data.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Schultz, Bousselot, and Petersen. S.J. 153 .

  2. 2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 132 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the issuance of a subpoena or search warrant for menstrual health data.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

124

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

124

BY

PETERSEN

,

STAED

,

CELSI

,

DONAHUE

,

DOTZLER

,

TOWNSEND

,

WAHLS

,

BENNETT

,

and

WEINER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

issuance

of

a

subpoena

or

search

warrant

1

for

menstrual

health

data.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

622.63,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

1

follows:

2

622.63

Subpoenas.

3

1.

The

clerks

of

the

several

courts

shall,

on

application

4

of

any

person

having

a

cause

or

matter

pending

in

court,

issue

5

a

subpoena

for

witnesses

under

the

seal

of

the

court,

inserting

6

all

the

names

required

by

the

applicant

in

one

subpoena,

if

7

practicable,

which

may

be

served

by

the

sheriff

of

the

county,

8

or

by

the

party

or

any

other

person.

9

2.

No

subpoena

shall

be

issued

or

served

for

the

purpose

10

of

seeking

menstrual

health

data

as

defined

in

section

808.2,

11

subsection

2.

12

Sec.

2.

Section

808.2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

13

follows:

14

808.2

Authorization.

15

1.

A

search

warrant

may

be

issued:

16

1.

a.

For

property

which

has

been

obtained

in

violation

of

17

law.

18

2.

b.

For

property,

the

possession

of

which

is

unlawful.

19

3.

c.

For

property

used

or

possessed

with

the

intent

to

be

20

used

as

the

means

of

committing

a

public

offense

or

concealed

21

to

prevent

an

offense

from

being

discovered.

22

4.

d.

For

any

other

property

relevant

and

material

as

23

evidence

in

a

criminal

prosecution.

24

2.

No

search

warrant

shall

be

issued

for

the

search

and

25

seizure

of

menstrual

health

data

stored

on

a

computer,

computer

26

network,

or

other

device

containing

electronic

or

digital

27

information.

For

purposes

of

this

subsection,

“menstrual

health

28

data”

means

any

information,

recorded

in

any

form

or

medium,

29

that

is

created

or

received

by

an

entity

that

relates

to

or

is

30

used

to

determine,

predict,

or

estimate

the

past,

present,

or

31

future

menstrual

health

or

menstrual

status

of

an

individual.

32

EXPLANATION

33

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

34

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

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This

bill

relates

to

the

issuance

of

a

subpoena

or

search

1

warrant

for

menstrual

health

data.

2

The

bill

provides

that

no

subpoena

shall

be

issued

or

served

3

for

the

purpose

of

seeking

menstrual

health

data

as

defined

in

4

Code

section

808.2(2).

5

Code

section

808.2

currently

provides

that

a

search

warrant

6

may

be

issued

for

property

which

has

been

obtained

in

violation

7

of

law;

for

the

unlawful

possession

of

property;

for

property

8

used

or

possessed

to

commit

a

public

offense

or

to

conceal

9

an

offense

from

being

discovered;

or

for

any

other

property

10

relevant

and

material

as

evidence

in

a

criminal

prosecution.

11

The

bill

provides

that

no

search

warrant

shall

be

issued

12

for

the

search

and

seizure

of

menstrual

health

data

stored

13

on

a

computer,

computer

network,

or

other

device

containing

14

electronic

or

digital

information.

The

bill

defines

“menstrual

15

health

data”

as

any

information,

recorded

in

any

form

or

16

medium,

that

is

created

or

received

by

an

entity

that

relates

17

to

or

is

used

to

determine,

predict,

or

estimate

the

past,

18

present,

or

future

menstrual

health

or

menstrual

status

of

an

19

individual.

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