Bill Text: IA HF825 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to consent agreements for domestic abuse and sexual abuse protective orders. (Formerly HF 450.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-02 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 868. [HF825 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF825-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CONSENT
AGREEMENTS
FOR
DOMESTIC
ABUSE
AND
SEXUAL
ABUSE
PROTECTIVE
ORDERS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
236.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
The
court
may
grant
a
protective
order
or
approve
a
consent
agreement
which
may
contain
but
is
not
limited
to
any
of
the
following
provisions:
Sec.
2.
Section
236.5,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
The
court
may
approve
a
consent
agreement
which
may
contain
but
is
not
limited
to
any
of
the
provisions
specified
in
subsection
1,
paragraph
“b”
,
without
a
finding
the
defendant
has
engaged
in
domestic
abuse.
Sec.
3.
Section
236A.7,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
Upon
a
finding
that
the
defendant
has
engaged
in
sexual
abuse,
the
court
may
grant
a
protective
order
or
approve
a
consent
agreement
which
may
contain
but
is
not
limited
to
any
of
the
following
provisions:
Sec.
4.
Section
236A.7,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
The
court
may
approve
a
consent
agreement
without
a
finding
that
the
defendant
has
engaged
in
House
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825,
p.
2
sexual
abuse,
which
may
contain
but
is
not
limited
to
any
of
the
provisions
specified
in
subsection
1.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
825,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
