---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties, and providing penalties."
description: "A bill for an act relating to tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties, and providing penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 2250"
citation: "Iowa HF 2250 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["felonies", "juries", "law enforcement", "reports", "rules of criminal procedure", "witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82b4090f-b667-4100-af94-0e07cc864969"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2250&ga=90"
source_hash: "460c01f0781365e726e2d900a973b29ad89d9736a019fb1277d02aae822cbc88"
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 2250 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties, 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/90/attachments/HF2250.html)
2. **Amendment H-8046** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8046.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8073.pdf)
4. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF2250.html)
5. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/HF2250.html)
6. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2250_GovLetter.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2250.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** Fiscal note.
- **2024-02-22** Amendment H-8046 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment H-8073 to amendment H-8046 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment H-8046 adopted, as amended. `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House, yeas 97, nays 0. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Explanations of votes.
- **2024-03-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-02-27** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-28** Message from House.
- **2024-02-28** Read first time, attached to SF 2348. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** Fiscal note.
- **2024-03-14** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2024-03-26** Substituted for SF 2348.
- **2024-03-26** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Immediate message.
- **2024-03-27** Message from Senate.
- **2024-04-23** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-04-30** Fiscal note.
- **2024-05-03** 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/82b4090f-b667-4100-af94-0e07cc864969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).