---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to assaults, including assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and inmate assaults on department of corrections employees, and providing penalties."
description: "A bill for an act relating to assaults, including assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and inmate assaults on department of corrections employees, and providing penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 397"
citation: "Iowa SF 397 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["assault", "body fluids", "correctional systems", "felonies", "inmates", "inspections", "inspections", "appeals", "and licensing department", "juvenile justice", "labor and employment", "law enforcement", "law enforcement officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ff096a5-7028-45c6-9f3e-5e666a0875bd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 397&ga=91"
source_hash: "7eb0b6ed969fb3fcc24fb4959745c154584dea7479228b3d88340158218a6b09"
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 SF 397 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to assaults, including assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and inmate assaults on department of corrections employees, and providing penalties.

## 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/91/attachments/SF397.html)
2. **Amendment H-1211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1211.pdf)
3. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF397.html)
4. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF397_GovLetter.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF397.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28** Fiscal note.
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-10** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-11** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Amendment H-1211 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-27** Substituted for HF 177.
- **2025-03-27** Amendment H-1211 withdrawn.
- **2025-03-27** Passed House, yeas 91, nays 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-03-27** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-31** Message from House.
- **2025-04-17** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-04-18** 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/3ff096a5-7028-45c6-9f3e-5e666a0875bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).