A bill for an act relating to the payment of home security expenses from campaign funds, and making penalties applicable.

HF 2597 allows Iowa political candidates and their campaign committees to use campaign funds for home security system installation and operation, subject to strict limits: a maximum $3,000 one-time installation cost and $1,200 annual operation cost. Candidates must maintain detailed logs of all home security expenses - including provider name, date, and cost - and include these as line-item expenses in campaign finance reports. These logs must be preserved for five years (or three years after committee dissolution) and provided to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board upon audit request. Violating these rules may result in civil penalties up to $2,000 or criminal charges for serious misdemeanors.