# Iowa HF 2787: A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 780.) Effective date: 06/02/2026.

Iowa HF 2787, A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 780.) Effective date: 06/02/2026., is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT; status signed, last action 2026-06-02 (Signed by Governor.) (as of 2026-10-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: Iowa HF 2787
- State: Iowa
- Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: A bill for an act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 780.) Effective date: 06/02/2026.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-04-24
- Last action: 2026-06-02, Signed by Governor.
- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (193 yes, 32 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Residents can sue over banned clinics: benefit, low. Beginning June 2, 2026, residents can sue in district court over banned clinics or equivalent programs held or planned in their county. They can seek court orders stopping violations or declaring whether conduct violates the law. They can also recover actual damages, if any. Residents who substanti…
- Clinic violations bring penalties and enforcement: cost, low. Beginning June 2, 2026, public officials and employees who knowingly violate the ban commit a simple misdemeanor. They also face possible removal from office or employment under applicable law. Private people who knowingly organize, sponsor, host, or fund banned clinics or equivalent programs also…
- Counties supporting clinics lose court-debt money: cost, low. Beginning June 2, 2026, counties cannot receive court-debt money if they organize, sponsor, host, fund, promote, or participate in banned clinics. This includes fees and payments tied to collecting overdue fines and fees that count as court debt. The law does not state how much money a county can l…
- Iowa bans clinics for clearing warrants: cost, low. Beginning June 2, 2026, Iowa bans planned events for resolving arrest warrants without immediate arrest or processing into custody. No person or group may organize, sponsor, host, fund, promote, or participate in these clinics. Public money and facilities cannot host them, and local governments can…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-03 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 31 | 12 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | House | Passed House | pass | 71 | 20 |   |
| 2026-04-29 | legislature | Amendment H-8429 | pass | 91 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-06-02: Signed by Governor. (House)
- 2026-05-13: Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor. (House)
- 2026-05-03: Immediate message. (Senate)
- 2026-05-03: Passed Senate, yeas 31, nays 12. (Senate)
- 2026-05-02: Message from Senate. (House)
- 2026-05-01: Committee report, recommending passage. (Senate)
- 2026-04-30: Subcommittee: Bousselot, Quirmbach, and Webster. (legislature)
- 2026-04-29: Read first time, referred to Judiciary. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Message from House. (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Immediate message. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Passed House, yeas 71, nays 20. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Amendment H-8429, yeas 91, nays 0, filed, adopted. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Motion to suspend rules failed. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8434, yeas 27, nays 64. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Point of order raised on amendment H-8434, ruled not germane. (House)
- 2026-04-29: Amendments H-8429 and H-8434 filed. (House)
- 2026-04-24: Introduced, placed on calendar. (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/HF2787.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF2787.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/HF2787.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF2787.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-HF2787-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-18).
