Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2177: A BILL FOR An Act relating to policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or third party offers digital library services
Status: In committee, February 12, 2026
An Act relating to policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or third party offers digital library services.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or third party offers digital library services.
From the introduced text, February 3, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or third party offers digital library services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5431XS (3) dg/jh S.F. 2177 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 73B.1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter: 1. "Child pornography" means the same as defined in U.S.C. §2556. 2. "Controlled substance" means the same as defined in section 124.101. 3. "Digital library service" means a service that provides access to digital content enabling users to find, retrieve, and use library functions including but not limited to book checkouts, online searches of databases, access to online portals, and remote access to learning and research tools. 4. "Hard-core pornography" means the same as described in section 728.4. 5. "Library provider" means the state, a state agency, a city that has established a library by ordinance, a library district, a public school, or a nonpublic school. 6. "Minor" means an individual who is under eighteen years of age, or who is a student enrolled at a public school or a nonpublic school. 7. "Nonpublic school" means the same as defined in section 280.2. 8. "Obscene material" means the same as defined in section 728.1. 9. "Public …
Sponsors
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 12:00PM Senate Lounge.
- : Subcommittee reassigned: Alons, Bennett, and Sires.
- : Subcommittee: Sires, Bennett, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 200 .
- : Introduced, referred to Technology. S.J. 186 .
Subjects: contracts, school districts, technology, libraries, private education, regents board, controlled substances, obscenity
Common questions
- What is SF2177?
- SF2177 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or third party offers digital library services.
- What does SF2177 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to policies and protection measures a library provider or third party contracting with a library provider must take if the library provider or third party offers digital library services.
- What is the status of SF2177?
- In committee as of February 12, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. (February 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2177?
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29).
- Where is the official record for SF2177?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2177&ga=91
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