republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-397.md

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Bill	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.	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.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 397	Iowa SF 397 (2025-2026)	bill	assault body fluids correctional systems felonies inmates inspections inspections appeals and licensing department juvenile justice labor and employment law enforcement law enforcement officers	enacted		5	16	2	2025-02-20	2025-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3ff096a5-7028-45c6-9f3e-5e666a0875bd	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 397&ga=91	7eb0b6ed969fb3fcc24fb4959745c154584dea7479228b3d88340158218a6b09	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Amendment H-1211 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
4. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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• 2025-03-27 Amendment H-1211 withdrawn.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; origin ocd-bill/3ff096a5-7028-45c6-9f3e-5e666a0875bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).