SF 5 Iowa Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to invasion of privacy, and making penalties applicable.

SF 5 expands Iowa's invasion of privacy law to include possessing non-consensual intimate images. It makes it a crime for someone to knowingly possess photos or videos taken without consent for sexual gratification, even if they didn't take the images themselves. This applies when the person being filmed was in partial or full nudity and had a reasonable expectation of privacy. Violating this law is classified as an aggravated misdemeanor and a tier II sex offense, requiring 10 years of sex offender registration. The bill directly affects individuals who possess such non-consensual images, broadening the scope of criminal liability beyond just capturing them.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025
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Key actions
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Committee
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Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 289.
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
legislature
Jan 16, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2025 2:45PM Room 217 Conference Room.
legislature
Jan 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Green, Blake, and Taylor.
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Jesse Green
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