SF461 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1096 .)

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: 2025-03-12
Official status: Withdrawn. S.J. 504 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1096 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1096 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. S.J. 504 .
2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature
HF 180 substituted. S.J. 503 .
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Attached to HF 180 . S.J. 387 .
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 384 .
2025-02-27 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 379 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of grooming and the sex offender registry, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1096 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

461

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

461

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

1096)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

criminal

offense

of

grooming

and

the

sex

1

offender

registry,

and

making

penalties

applicable.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

461

Section

1.

Section

692A.102,

subsection

1,

paragraph

a,

1

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

subparagraph:

2

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

.

(05)

Grooming

in

violation

of

section

3

709.8A.

4

EXPLANATION

5

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

6

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

7

This

bill

relates

to

the

criminal

offense

of

grooming

and

the

8

sex

offender

registry.

9

The

bill

provides

that

a

person

convicted

of

the

criminal

10

offense

of

grooming

under

Code

section

709.8A

is

required

to

11

register

as

a

tier

I

sex

offender.

Grooming

is

a

class

“D”

12

felony.

13

In

addition

to

any

other

punishment

provided

by

law,

a

14

person

convicted

of

grooming

is

sentenced

to

a

special

sentence

15

committing

the

person

to

custody

of

the

director

of

the

16

Iowa

department

of

corrections

for

a

period

of

10

years

with

17

eligibility

for

parole;

and

must

register

as

a

sex

offender

for

18

a

period

of

10

years

upon

placement

on

probation,

parole

or

19

work

release,

or

release

from

incarceration.

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