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SF289 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 5 .)

A bill for an act relating to invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 5 .)

Privacy
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
2025-03-31
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
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 invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 5 .)

A bill for an act relating to invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable.
  • (Formerly SF 5 .)

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. 2025-03-31 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2025-03-28 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 12:30PM RM 304.1.

  3. 2025-03-28 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Lawler, Srinivas and Watkins. H.J. 873 .

  4. 2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  5. 2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 778 .

  6. 2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 777 .

  7. 2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 613 .

  8. 2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 49, nays 0. S.J. 610 .

  9. 2025-03-24 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment S-3021 adopted. S.J. 610 .

  10. 2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature

    Amendment S-3021 filed. S.J. 493 .

  11. 2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  12. 2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 260 .

  13. 2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 253 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SF 5 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

289

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Reprinted

SENATE

FILE

289

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SF

5)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

Senate

March

24,

2025

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

invasion

of

privacy,

and

making

penalties

1

applicable.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

SF

289

(3)

91

as/js/mb

S.F.

289

Section

1.

Section

709.21,

subsection

1,

unnumbered

1

paragraph

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

A

person

who

knowingly

views,

photographs,

or

films

another

3

person,

for

the

purpose

of

arousing

or

gratifying

the

sexual

4

desire

of

any

person,

or

who

knowingly

possesses,

for

no

5

legitimate

purpose,

such

photograph

or

film,

commits

invasion

6

of

privacy

if

all

of

the

following

apply:

7

-1-

SF

289

(3)

91

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1/

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