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SF 2114 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to intimidation with a dangerous weapon, and making penalties applicable.

SF 2114 amends Iowa law to define intimidation involving a dangerous weapon as a felony, directly affecting anyone who threatens or shoots/throws such a weapon at others to cause fear of serious injury. It creates two felony classifications: Class C (up to 10 years in prison and up to $13,660 fine) for more severe cases, and Class D (up to 5 years and up to $10,245 fine) for less severe cases. The bill removes the previous reference to "assembly of people" but keeps the core offense of threatening with a weapon at individuals or occupied spaces (like buildings or vehicles). Penalties apply when the threat causes reasonable fear of serious injury or is carried out under circumstances that make the threat credible.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill elevates intimidation with dangerous weapon to felony with up to 10-year prison term, increasing penalties for this offense.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Signed Apr 9, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Enrolled with Governor's Action · 1 edit · Apr 9, 2026
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a vertical, word-by-word layout to a standard horizontal paragraph format for readability. No substantive policy changes, legal definitions, penalties, or scope of the intimidation law were altered.
TECHNICAL

The entire text structure was converted from a vertical list of individual words to standard paragraph sentences, improving readability without changing the legal meaning.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026

How they voted

43–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 49
Mar 2, 2026
D Democratic15
13 Yea 2
86% Yea
R Republican34
30 Yea 4
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Apr 9, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0.
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0.
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report, approving bill.
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.