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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 43: A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material, and providing penalties.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 43 is a bill introduced in the Iowa House on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of unlawful electronic transmission of sexually explicit visual material, and providing penalties. Primary sponsor: Bill Gustoff (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 31, 2025): Withdrawn.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bill GustoffPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse40

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Withdrawn.
  2. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 899.
  3. Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. Excused, 2.
  4. Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
  5. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  6. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2025 3:00PM House Lounge.
  7. Subcommittee: Gustoff, Meyer, B. and Wengryn.
  8. Introduced, referred to Public Safety.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source