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HF 879 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to critical infrastructure sabotage, and making penalties applicable.

HF 879 strengthens penalties for intentionally damaging critical infrastructure, such as power grids, water systems, or transportation networks. It increases criminal penalties for sabotage acts that threaten public safety or disrupt essential services. The law directly affects individuals who commit such acts by imposing stricter fines and potential prison sentences. This bill, signed into law by the Governor on May 1, 2025, modifies existing statutes to apply enhanced penalties to these specific offenses.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeIncreases penalties for infrastructure sabotage, aligning with oppose indicators of harsher sentencing.90% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill protects energy infrastructure (power grids) via enhanced sabotage penalties, directly supporting energy infrastructure security as per topic description.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill explicitly protects transportation networks from sabotage by increasing penalties, aligning with 'protect' indicator for support.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Signed May 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Enrolled with Governor's Action · 1 edit · May 1, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a multi-line enrolled version to a standard legislative format with page headers and line numbers. The substantive content of the bill remains unchanged, including the definition of critical infrastructure and the penalties for sabotage.
TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout were updated from a multi-line enrolled format to a standard bill format with page numbers, committee information, and line numbers for reference.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2025 · House Mar 19, 2025

How they voted

44–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 49
Apr 14, 2025
D Democratic16
14 Yea 2
87% Yea
R Republican33
30 Yea 3
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
0
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0.
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 94, nays 2.
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.