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A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1148 .)

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1148 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
Last action
2025-04-14
Official status
Withdrawn. S.J. 768 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1148 .)

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1148 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1148 .)

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. 2025-04-14 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. S.J. 768 .

  2. 2025-04-14 Iowa Legislature

    HF 879 substituted. S.J. 767 .

  3. 2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 689 .

  4. 2025-03-27 Iowa Legislature

    Fiscal note .

  5. 2025-03-20 Iowa Legislature

    Attached to HF 879 . S.J. 603 .

  6. 2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 469 .

  7. 2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 461 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SSB 1148 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Senate

File

577

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

577

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

COMMERCE

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

1148)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

critical

infrastructure

sabotage,

and

making

1

penalties

applicable.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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577

Section

1.

Section

716.11,

subsection

1,

paragraph

c,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

c.

A

telecommunications

or

service,

information

service,

3

or

cable

service

as

defined

in

47

U.S.C.

§153,

a

wireless

4

service

as

defined

in

section

8C.2,

or

a

broadband

generation,

5

transmission,

or

delivery

system.

6

EXPLANATION

7

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

8

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

9

This

bill

relates

to

critical

infrastructure

sabotage.

10

The

bill

provides

that

“critical

infrastructure”

includes

11

a

telecommunications

service,

information

service,

or

cable

12

service

as

defined

in

47

U.S.C.

§153,

or

a

wireless

service

as

13

defined

in

Code

section

8C.2.

14

A

person

who,

overtly,

intentionally,

and

without

15

authorization,

causes

or

has

the

means

to

cause,

and

in

16

substantial

furtherance

of

causing,

a

substantial

and

17

widespread

interruption

or

impairment

of

a

fundamental

18

service

rendered

by

critical

infrastructure

commits

critical

19

infrastructure

sabotage,

a

class

“B”

felony,

and

is

subject

to

20

confinement

for

no

more

than

25

years

and

a

fine

of

not

less

21

than

$85,000

nor

more

than

$100,000.

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