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HF 1007

World Junior Hockey Championships funding provided, and money appropriated.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Greg Davids and 8 co-sponsors

Creates the Victim Restitution Fund, funded by 7% of criminal fines, to pay pecuniary damages and wrongful-death restitution, administered by the Attorney General.

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Bill Summary · HF 1007

Summary — HF 1007: World Junior Hockey Championships funding provided; Victim Restitution Fund established

Note: This summary focuses on the substantive provisions and fiscal impacts in the bill text and the accompanying fiscal note. Amendment H-1280 (to add an effective date of January 1, 2026) was offered but was defeated on April 23, 2025 (yeas 35, nays 58). HF 1007 passed the House on April 23, 2025 (yeas 91, nays 2) and was referred to Ways and Means in the Senate.

Purpose / Intent

HF 1007 establishes a new Victim Restitution Fund to provide a dedicated revenue stream for court-ordered restitution to crime victims (pecuniary damages and specified wrongful-death payments) and alters the distribution of criminal fine revenue to fund it.

Key provisions

  • Creates the Victim Restitution Fund as a separate state treasury account administered by the Iowa Department of Justice (Attorney General).
  • Directs that moneys in the Fund be used for:
    • Pecuniary damages under Iowa Code §910.1(6) (defined to exclude punitive damages, pain and suffering, mental anguish, and loss of consortium; includes wrongful death and counseling/psychiatric expenses necessary as a direct result of criminal activity).
    • Restitution for the death of a victim under Iowa Code §910.3B (which includes a payment of at least $150,000 to an estate or heirs in addition to pecuniary damages).
  • Alters the distribution of criminal fines for violations occurring within a county:
    • Current: 91.0% to State, 9.0% to county.
    • Under HF 1007: 85.0% to State, 8.0% to county, and 7.0% to the Victim Restitution Fund.
  • Provides that Fund balances do not revert at fiscal year-end (non‑lapsing); unencumbered/unobligated moneys remain available.
  • Administrative: Attorney General’s office administers the Fund.

Fiscal impact (estimates from fiscal note)

  • Estimated annual revenue to the Victim Restitution Fund: ~ $2.4 million (based on FY 2023–24 fine receipts).
  • Estimated reductions beginning FY 2026:
    • State General Fund: decrease ≈ $2.1 million.
    • Emergency Medical Services Fund: decrease ≈ $27,000.
    • Total county revenue: decrease ≈ $347,000.
  • Implementation costs:
    • Attorney General’s office estimated to hire 1.0 FTE paralegal at ≈ $65,000 annually to administer the Fund.
    • Judicial Branch noted potential programming/documentation work (estimated ~200 hours, ~$9,300), though the fiscal note also indicates the Judicial Branch will use existing resources for required changes.

Who is affected

  • Crime victims and heirs: increased, earmarked resources for court‑ordered pecuniary restitution and wrongful‑death restitution.
  • State General Fund and EMS Fund: modest revenue reductions.
  • Counties: modest reduction in criminal fine revenue (from 9% to 8% of applicable fines).
  • Attorney General’s office: new administrative responsibility and staffing cost.

Procedural status / next steps

  • Introduced April 14, 2025; referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy, later to Ways and Means.
  • Passed the House April 23, 2025 (91–2).
  • Subcommittee (Senate) activity scheduled; companion bill: SF 1061.
  • Final effective date depends on amendments and subsequent Senate/conciliation action; an offered amendment (H‑1280) to set an effective date of January 1, 2026 was defeated.

If you want, I can produce a one‑page fact sheet (with the FY numbers in a compact table) or draft a short explainer highlighting potential policy tradeoffs (victim support vs. diminished county/State fine revenue).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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