Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 2533: A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties.

Introduced Last action April 8, 2026: Withdrawn.

Plain-language summary

HF 2533 is a bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2026): Withdrawn.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY.