---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member’s or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member’s or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 2280"
citation: "Iowa SF 2280 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["attorney general", "criminal law", "deputy officers", "families", "felonies", "general assembly", "judges and court officials", "judicial branch", "personal information", "professions", "public officers", "safety", "threats", "weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6576023-7c07-4a8a-99b0-23fee8293a49"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2280&ga=91"
source_hash: "c4a13ec2c643ff3300c1fd1b9c331d045435621c6a8c8eeb113129d124e0cc43"
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 2280 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member’s or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, 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/SF2280.html)
2. **Amendment H-8114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8114.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-5027** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5027.pdf)
4. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF2280.html)
5. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF2280.html)
6. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF2280.html)
7. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF2280_GovLetter.pdf)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF2280.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Fiscal note.
- **2026-02-24** Amendment S-5027 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 2. `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Immediate message.
- **2026-02-24** Message from Senate.
- **2026-02-25** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment H-8114 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-06** Fiscal note.
- **2026-03-19** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2026-04-08** Substituted for HF 2533.
- **2026-04-08** Amendment H-8114 withdrawn.
- **2026-04-08** Passed House, yeas 91, nays 2. `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-09** Message from House.
- **2026-05-05** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-14** Fiscal note.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6576023-7c07-4a8a-99b0-23fee8293a49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).