Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF116: A BILL FOR An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties
Status: In committee, February 5, 2025
An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties.
From the introduced text, January 23, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1495XS (3) as/js S.F. Section 1. Section 721.2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 9. Violates the provisions of section 728.7A. Sec. 2. Section 728.1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. "Obscene performance" means a visual performance by a person, whether compensated or uncompensated, that exposes the person's genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast, including prosthetics and artificial sexual organs or substitutes therefor, or involves the person engaging in a sex act, masturbation, excretory function, or sadomasochistic abuse, which the average person, viewing the performance as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable to be viewed by minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive, and the performance taken as a whole lacks serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific value. Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 728.1A Enforcement. The office of attorney general, as authorized by section 13.2, subsection 1, paragraph "b", or the county attorney …
Sponsors
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Doug Campbell (R, 30)
- Cherielynn Westrich (R, 13)
- Kevin Alons (R, 7)
- Dennis Guth (R, 28)
- Lynn Evans (R, 3)
- Mike Pike (R, 20)
- Dave Rowley (R, 5)
- Jeff Taylor (R, 2)
- Mark Lofgren (R, 48)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/05/2025 2:30PM Senate Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Westrich, Taylor, and Weiner. S.J. 162 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 131 .
Common questions
- What is SF116?
- SF116 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties.
- What does SF116 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a premises with obscene performances, establishing a private civil cause of action, and providing penalties.
- What is the status of SF116?
- In committee as of February 5, 2025. Latest action: Subcommittee recommends passage. (February 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored SF116?
- Sandy Salmon (R, 29), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF116?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+0116&ga=91
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