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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Proposed Bill

HSB 213: A bill for an act providing for a hearing to determine immunity from criminal or civil liability following a use of reasonable force in defense of one’s self, others, or property.

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

HSB 213 is a proposed bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act providing for a hearing to determine immunity from criminal or civil liability following a use of reasonable force in defense of one’s self, others, or property. Primary sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2025): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 945.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARYPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 945.
  2. Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 4.
  3. Committee report, recommending passage.
  4. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  5. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/26/2025 3:30PM RM 304.
  6. Subcommittee: Holt, Olson and Wheeler.
  7. Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

Sources

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