Bill Text: IA HF181 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the penalty for invasion of privacy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 280. [HF181 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF181-Introduced.html

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House File 181 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HEARTSILL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the penalty for invasion of privacy.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 709.21, subsection 3, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  A person who violates this section commits a serious an
  1  4 aggravated misdemeanor.
  1  5                           EXPLANATION
  1  6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1  8    This bill increases the penalty for the crime of invasion of
  1  9 privacy.
  1 10    Under Code section 709.21, a person commits invasion of
  1 11 privacy if the person knowingly views, photographs, or films
  1 12 another person for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the
  1 13 sexual desire of any person, and the other person does not have
  1 14 knowledge about and does not consent or is unable to consent to
  1 15 being viewed, photographed, or filmed, is in a state of full
  1 16 or partial nudity, and has a reasonable expectation of privacy
  1 17 while in a state of full or partial nudity.
  1 18    Under current law, a person who commits invasion of privacy
  1 19 commits a serious misdemeanor. Under Code section 903.1, a
  1 20 person who commits a serious misdemeanor shall be fined between
  1 21 $315 and $1,625 and may be imprisoned for a period to exceed
  1 22 one year.
  1 23    The bill amends current law to provide that a person who
  1 24 commits invasion of privacy commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
  1 25 Under Code section 903.1, a person who commits an aggravated
  1 26 misdemeanor shall be fined between $625 and $6,250 and shall be
  1 27 imprisoned for a period not to exceed two years.
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