Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2020: A BILL FOR An Act requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or parole
Status: In committee, January 27, 2026
An Act requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or parole.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or parole.
From the introduced text, January 12, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or parole. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5054XS (4) as/js S.F. 2020 Section 1. Section 804.21, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 1. A person arrested in obedience to a warrant shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the nearest or most accessible magistrate. The officer shall at the same time deliver to the magistrate the warrant with the officer's return endorsed on it and subscribed by the officer with the officer's official title. However, this section, and sections 804.22 and 804.23, do not preclude the release of an arrested person within the period of time the person would otherwise remain incarcerated while waiting to be taken before a magistrate if the release is pursuant to pretrial release guidelines or a bond schedule promulgated by the judicial council, unless the person is charged with manufacture, delivery, possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, or distribution of methamphetamine, or unless the person is charged with a felony and is at the time of the arrest on probation or parole, in lieu of or as a result of a sentence of incarceration imposed upon conviction of a felony, …
Sponsors
- Mark Lofgren (R, 48) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Placed on calendar.
- : Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 152 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 01/20/2026 8:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
- : Subcommittee: Lofgren, Knox, and Westrich. S.J. 67 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 38 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 152 . (January 27, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: criminal offenders, correctional services departments, rules of criminal procedure, probation, parole, felonies, magistrates, fees
Common questions
- What is SF2020?
- SF2020 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or parole.
- What does SF2020 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or parole.
- What is the status of SF2020?
- In committee as of January 27, 2026. Latest action: Placed on calendar. (January 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2020?
- Mark Lofgren (R, 48).
- Where is the official record for SF2020?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2020&ga=91
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