Bill Text: IA HF2554 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child and providing penalties. (Formerly HSB 595.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-29 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 791. [HF2554 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2554-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
OFFENSE
OF
CONTINUOUS
SEXUAL
ABUSE
OF
A
CHILD
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
692A.101,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(9)
Continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
in
violation
of
section
709.23.
Sec.
2.
Section
692A.101,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
Continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
in
violation
of
section
709.23.
Sec.
3.
Section
692A.102,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(013)
Continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
in
violation
of
section
709.23.
House
File
2554,
p.
2
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
709.23
Continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child.
1.
A
person
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older
commits
continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
when
the
person
engages
in
any
combination
of
three
or
more
acts
of
sexual
abuse
in
violation
of
section
709.3
or
709.4,
with
the
same
child,
and
at
least
thirty
days
have
elapsed
between
the
first
and
last
acts
of
sexual
abuse.
2.
A
person
who
commits
continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
is,
upon
conviction,
guilty
of
a
class
“B”
felony.
Notwithstanding
section
902.9,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“b”
,
a
person
convicted
of
a
violation
of
this
subsection
involving
any
combination
of
three
or
more
acts
of
sexual
abuse
that
includes
a
violation
of
section
709.3
or
709.4
shall
be
confined
for
no
more
than
fifty
years.
3.
If
a
jury
is
the
trier
of
fact,
members
of
the
jury
must
unanimously
agree
that
three
or
more
acts
of
sexual
abuse
in
violation
of
section
709.3
or
709.4
were
committed
with
the
same
child
and
at
least
thirty
days
have
elapsed
between
the
first
and
last
acts
of
sexual
abuse.
The
jury
does
not
need
to
unanimously
agree
which
specific
acts
were
committed
or
the
exact
date
when
those
acts
were
committed.
4.
Any
other
sexual
abuse
offense
involving
the
same
child
shall
not
be
charged
in
the
same
proceeding
as
a
charge
under
this
section
unless
the
other
sexual
abuse
offense
occurred
outside
of
the
time
period
charged
under
this
section
or
the
other
sexual
abuse
offense
is
charged
in
the
alternative.
5.
A
person
shall
be
charged
with
only
one
count
under
this
section
unless
more
than
one
child
is
involved
in
the
offense.
If
more
than
one
child
is
involved,
a
separate
count
may
be
charged
for
each
child.
6.
Each
act
of
sexual
abuse
committed
under
section
709.3
or
709.4
shall
be
considered
a
lesser
included
offense
to
the
crime
of
continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
under
this
section.
Sec.
5.
Section
902.14,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
in
violation
of
section
709.23.
House
File
2554,
p.
3
Sec.
6.
Section
903B.10,
subsection
3,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
j.
Continuous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
in
violation
of
section
709.23.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2554,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
