Compare IA HF 891 (2025) and IA SF 116 (2025)
The introduced text of these two bills, side by side, with the wording they share.
- IA HF 891 (2025) · Iowa · 2025 · Failed
- IA SF 116 (2025) · Iowa · 2025 · Failed
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| IA HF 891 (2025) | IA SF 116 (2025) |
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| A BILL FOR An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor 1 to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a 2 premises with obscene performances, establishing a private 3 civil cause of action, and providing penalties. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB | A BILL FOR An Act relating to obscenity, including the exposure of a minor 1 to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a 2 premises with obscene performances, establishing a private 3 civil cause of action, and providing penalties. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB |
| F. 891 Section 1. Section 721.2, Code 2025, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 9. Violates the provisions of section 3 728.7A. 4 Sec. 2. Section 728.1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 5 following new subsection: 6 NEW SUBSECTION . 5A. “Obscene performance” means a visual 7 performance by a person, whether compensated or uncompensated, 8 that exposes the person’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or 9 female breast, including prosthetics and artificial sexual 10 organs or substitutes therefor, or involves the person 11 engaging in a sex act, masturbation, excretory function, or 12 sadomasochistic abuse, which the average person, viewing the 13 performan… | F. 116 Section 1. Section 721.2, Code 2025, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 9. Violates the provisions of section 3 728.7A. 4 Sec. 2. Section 728.1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 5 following new subsection: 6 NEW SUBSECTION . 5A. “Obscene performance” means a visual 7 performance by a person, whether compensated or uncompensated, 8 that exposes the person’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or 9 female breast, including prosthetics and artificial sexual 10 organs or substitutes therefor, or involves the person 11 engaging in a sex act, masturbation, excretory function, or 12 sadomasochistic abuse, which the average person, viewing the 13 performan… |
| F. 891 2. A person who knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or 1 provides a child a pass or admits the minor to premises 2 where an obscene performance is performed is guilty of a 3 public offense and upon conviction is guilty of an aggravated 4 misdemeanor. 5 Sec. 6. Section 728.6, Code 2025, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 728.6 Civil suit to determine obscenity. 8 1. Whenever the county attorney of any county has reasonable 9 cause to believe that any person is engaged or plans to engage 10 in the dissemination or exhibition of obscene material to 11 minors within the county attorney’s county , to minors the 12 county attorney may institute a civil proceeding in the 13 district court of… | F. 116 2. A person who knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or 1 provides a child a pass or admits the minor to premises 2 where an obscene performance is performed is guilty of a 3 public offense and upon conviction is guilty of an aggravated 4 misdemeanor. 5 Sec. 6. Section 728.6, Code 2025, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 728.6 Civil suit to determine obscenity. 8 1. Whenever the county attorney of any county has reasonable 9 cause to believe that any person is engaged or plans to engage 10 in the dissemination or exhibition of obscene material to 11 minors within the county attorney’s county , to minors the 12 county attorney may institute a civil proceeding in the 13 district court of… |
| F. 891 pursuant to this subsection shall be ten thousand dollars. 1 c. An action brought under this subsection may be commenced 2 by a parent or guardian within two years of a violation. An 3 action for a violation brought by a person who was a minor at 4 the time of a violation shall be found within ten years after 5 the person upon whom the offense is committed attains eighteen 6 years of age. 7 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION . 728.7A Public institutions and funds 8 —— obscene material —— obscene performance. 9 1. No public institution, public facility, public 10 equipment, or other physical asset that is owned, leased, or 11 controlled by this state or a political subdivision of this 12 state shall… | F. 116 pursuant to this subsection shall be ten thousand dollars. 1 c. An action brought under this subsection may be commenced 2 by a parent or guardian within two years of a violation. An 3 action for a violation brought by a person who was a minor at 4 the time of a violation shall be found within ten years after 5 the person upon whom the offense is committed attains eighteen 6 years of age. 7 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION . 728.7A Public institutions and funds 8 —— obscene material —— obscene performance. 9 1. No public institution, public facility, public 10 equipment, or other physical asset that is owned, leased, or 11 controlled by this state or a political subdivision of this 12 state shall… |
| EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill relates to obscenity, including the exposure of a 31 minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a 32 premises with obscene performances, and establishes a private 33 civil cause of action | EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 This bill relates to obscenity, including the exposure of a 32 minor to an obscene performance and admittance of a minor to a 33 premises with obscene performances, and establishes a private 34 civil cause of action |
| The bill defines “obscene performance” as a visual | The bill defines “obscene performance” as a visual |
| performance by a person, whether compensated or uncompensated, 1 that exposes the person’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or 2 female breast, including prosthetics and artificial sexual 3 organs or substitutes therefor, or involves the person 4 engaging in a sex act, masturbation, excretory function, or 5 sadomasochistic abuse, which the average person, viewing the 6 performance as a whole and applying contemporary community 7 standards with respect to what is suitable to be viewed by 8 minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is 9 patently offensive, and the performance taken as a whole lacks 10 serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific value. 11 The bill provide… | performance by a person, whether compensated or uncompensated, 2 that exposes the person’s genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or 3 female breast, including prosthetics and artificial sexual 4 organs or substitutes therefor, or involves the person 5 engaging in a sex act, masturbation, excretory function, or 6 sadomasochistic abuse, which the average person, viewing the 7 performance as a whole and applying contemporary community 8 standards with respect to what is suitable to be viewed by 9 minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is 10 patently offensive, and the performance taken as a whole lacks 11 serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific value. 12 The bill provid… |
| The bill provides that a person who knowingly sells, gives, 21 delivers, or provides a minor who is not a child a pass or 22 admits the minor to premises where an obscene performance 23 is performed is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A | The bill provides that a person who knowingly sells, gives, 20 delivers, or provides a minor who is not a child a pass or 21 admits the minor to premises where an obscene performance is 22 performed is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A |
| A person who knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or provides 27 a child a pass or admits the minor to premises where an 28 obscene performance is performed is guilty of an aggravated 29 misdemeanor. A minor is a person under 18 years of age, and a 30 child is a person under 14 years of age. 31 The bill establishes a private civil cause of action for 32 a parent or guardian of a minor, or a minor upon reaching 33 18 years of age, to whom obscene material has been knowingly 34 disseminated or exhibited, or who was exposed to an obscene | A person who 23 knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or provides a child a pass or 24 admits the minor to premises where an obscene performance is 25 performed is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. A minor is a 26 person under 18 years of age, and a child is a person under 14 27 years of age. 28 The bill establishes a private civil cause of action for 29 a parent or guardian of a minor, or a minor upon reaching 30 18 years of age, to whom obscene material has been knowingly 31 disseminated or exhibited, or who was exposed to an obscene |
| performance. A cause of action may be brought against any 1 person that has knowingly disseminated or exhibited obscene 2 material to the minor or who engaged in or caused or allowed | performance. A cause of action may be brought against any 33 person that has knowingly disseminated or exhibited obscene 34 material to the minor or who engaged in or caused or allowed |
| a person to knowingly engage in an obscene performance in the 4 presence of the minor for any of the following remedies: a 5 declaratory judgment; injunctive relief; actual, incidental, 6 and consequential damages; punitive damages, if appropriate; 7 and any other equitable relief that the court deems 8 appropriate. The minimum award of damages shall be $10,000. 9 An action may be commenced by a parent or guardian within two 10 years of a violation. An action for a violation brought by a 11 person who was a minor at the time of the violation shall be 12 found within 10 years after the person upon whom the offense is 13 committed attains 18 years of age. 14 The bill provides that no public i… | a person to knowingly engage in an obscene performance in the 1 presence of the minor for any of the following remedies: a 2 declaratory judgment; injunctive relief; actual, incidental, 3 and consequential damages; punitive damages, if appropriate; 4 and any other equitable relief that the court deems 5 appropriate. The minimum award of damages shall be $10,000. 6 An action may be commenced by a parent or guardian within two 7 years of a violation. An action for a violation brought by 8 a person who was a minor at the time of a violation shall be 9 found within 10 years after the person upon whom the offense is 10 committed attains 18 years of age. 11 The bill provides that no public instit… |
| the purpose of shows, exhibitions, or performances that include 1 obscene material or obscene performances commits a serious 2 misdemeanor. 3 -6- LSB | the purpose of shows, exhibitions, or performances that include 33 obscene material or obscene performances commits a serious 34 misdemeanor. 35 -5- LSB |