Bill Text: IA HF2413 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to child abuse involving the commission of a sexual offense with or to a child by a person who is eighteen years of age or older. (Formerly HSB 626.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to Judiciary. H.J. 594. [HF2413 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2413-Introduced.html

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House File 2413 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 626)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to child abuse involving the commission of
  2    a sexual offense with or to a child by a person who is
  3    eighteen years of age or older.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (3), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (3)  The commission of a sexual offense with or to a child
  1  4 pursuant to chapter 709, section 726.2, or section 728.12,
  1  5 subsection 1, as a result of the acts or omissions of the
  1  6 person responsible for the care of the child or of a person who
  1  7 is fourteen years of age or older and resides in a home with
  1  8 the child. Notwithstanding section 702.5, the commission of
  1  9 a sexual offense under this subparagraph includes any sexual
  1 10 offense referred to in this subparagraph with or to a person
  1 11 under the age of eighteen years.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 15    This bill amends the definition of child abuse in Code
  1 16 chapter 232, relating to child abuse reporting and assessments.
  1 17    Under current law, child abuse is defined to include the
  1 18 commission of a sexual offense with or to a child as a result of
  1 19 the acts or omissions of the person responsible for the care of
  1 20 the child or of a person, regardless of the age of the person,
  1 21 who resides in a home with the child.
  1 22    The bill changes current law to provide that child abuse
  1 23 includes the commission of a sexual offense with or to a child
  1 24 as a result of the acts or omissions of the person responsible
  1 25 for the care of the child or of a person who is 14 years of age
  1 26 or older and resides in a home with the child.
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