---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of interference with official acts and certain county-provided bailiff services, and providing penalties. Effective 7-1-17."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of interference with official acts and certain county-provided bailiff services, and providing penalties. Effective 7-1-17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HF 52"
citation: "Iowa HF 52 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["court attendants", "court employees", "interference with judicial process", "judges and court officials", "law enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae1448c-fe35-4ade-921d-ae5a57e93caa"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 52&ga=87"
source_hash: "e5b54dc66a91b0bd3186346d2d398cfa36282fa7ac07e8971e4947531b667619"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 52 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of interference with official acts and certain county-provided bailiff services, and providing penalties. Effective 7-1-17.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/87/attachments/HF52.html)
2. **Amendment H-1109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/H1109.pdf)
3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/87/attachments/HF52.html)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/attachments/HF52.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-19** Introduced, referred to Judiciary. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Fiscal note.
- **2017-01-23** Subcommittee: Carlin, Paustian and Wolfe.
- **2017-02-27** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27** Committee amendment H-1109 filed.
- **2017-03-07** Committee amendment H-1109 adopted.
- **2017-03-07** Passed House, ayes 95, nays 0. `passage`
- **2017-03-08** Explanation of vote.
- **2017-03-07** Immediate message.
- **2017-03-08** Message from House.
- **2017-03-08** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Subcommittee: Sinclair, Edler, and Kinney.
- **2017-03-14** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, ayes 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Immediate message.
- **2017-04-03** Message from Senate.
- **2017-04-11** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President.
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cae1448c-fe35-4ade-921d-ae5a57e93caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).