Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2584: A BILL FOR An Act establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties
Status: Passed one chamber, February 25, 2026
An Act establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties.
From the introduced text, February 18, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6885HV (1) as/js H.F. 2584 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 716.15 Drug-free homeless service zones. 1. A person commits a violation of this section if the person intentionally or knowingly does any of the following: a. The person is present within a drug-free homeless service zone and sells or transfers or attempts to sell or transfer a controlled substance. b. The person operates or has authority to enforce the policies and requirements of a facility-based drug-free homeless service zone that primarily serves homeless individuals and that receives state, local, or federal funding, and the person allows an individual accessing services to possess or use a controlled substance on the premises of the facility. 2. An offense under subsection 1, paragraph "a", is punishable as the same class of criminal violation for which the offense would be punishable under existing law had the violation not occurred within a drug-free homeless service zone, except that the presumptive, minimum, and maximum sentence for the offense shall be increased by one year. The additional sentence imposed under this subsection is in addition to any enhanced punishment that may be applicable under subsection 4. Notwithstanding any other law to the …
Sponsors
- Public Safety (I) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Fiscal note .
- : Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 457 .
- : Read first time, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 409 .
- : Message from House. S.J. 409 .
- : Immediate message. H.J. 434 .
- : Passed House , yeas 70, nays 21. H.J. 430 .
- : Amendment H-8035 adopted, as amended. H.J. 430 .
- : Amendment H-8050 to amendment H-8035 filed, adopted. H.J. 430 .
- : Fiscal note .
- : Amendment H-8035 filed. H.J. 414 .
Votes
- Passed House , yeas 70, nays 21. H.J. 430 . (February 25, 2026): 70 yea, 21 nay, passed
Subjects: controlled substances, homelessness, criminal procedure
Common questions
- What is HF2584?
- HF2584 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties.
- What does HF2584 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penalties.
- What is the status of HF2584?
- Passed one chamber as of February 25, 2026. Latest action: Fiscal note . (March 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2584?
- Public Safety (I).
- Where is the official record for HF2584?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2584&ga=91
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