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A bill for an act relating to prostitution and providing penalties.

A bill for an act relating to prostitution and providing penalties.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
SALMON
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 148 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to prostitution and providing penalties.

A bill for an act relating to prostitution and providing penalties.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to prostitution and providing penalties.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 148 .

  2. 2026-01-15 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 104 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to prostitution and providing penalties.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Senate

File

2065

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2065

BY

SALMON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

prostitution

and

providing

penalties.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

2

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S.F.

2065

Section

1.

Section

725.1,

subsection

2,

Code

2026,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

2.

a.

Except

as

provided

in

paragraph

“b”

,

a

person

who

3

purchases

or

offers

to

purchase

another

person’s

services

as

a

4

partner

in

a

sex

act

commits

an

aggravated

misdemeanor

a

class

5

“D”

felony

.

6

b.

A

person

who

purchases

or

offers

to

purchase

services

as

7

a

partner

in

a

sex

act

from

a

person

who

is

under

the

age

of

8

eighteen,

or

who

is

reasonably

believed

to

be

under

the

age

of

9

eighteen

including

a

law

enforcement

officer

or

agent

posing

10

as

a

minor

under

the

age

of

eighteen,

commits

a

class

“D”

“C”

11

felony.

12

EXPLANATION

13

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

14

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

15

This

bill

relates

to

prostitution.

16

Code

section

725.1(2)

provides

that

a

person

who

purchases

17

or

offers

to

purchase

another

person’s

services

as

a

partner

18

in

a

sex

act

commits

an

aggravated

misdemeanor.

A

person

who

19

purchases

or

offers

to

purchase

services

as

a

partner

in

a

20

sex

act

from

a

person

who

is

under

the

age

of

18,

or

who

is

21

reasonably

believed

to

be

under

the

age

of

18

including

a

law

22

enforcement

officer

or

agent

posing

as

a

minor

under

the

age

of

23

18,

commits

a

class

“D”

felony.

24

The

bill

provides

that

a

person

who

purchases

or

offers

to

25

purchase

another

person’s

services

as

a

partner

in

a

sex

act

26

commits

a

class

“D”

felony.

A

person

who

purchases

or

offers

27

to

purchase

services

as

a

partner

in

a

sex

act

from

a

person

28

who

is

under

18

years

of

age,

or

who

is

reasonably

believed

to

29

be

under

the

age

of

18

including

a

law

enforcement

officer

or

30

agent

posing

as

a

minor

under

the

age

of

18,

commits

a

class

“C”

31

felony.

32

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