Bill Text: IA HSB16 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to sexual abuse in the second degree.(See HF 425.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-04 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 300. [HSB16 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB16-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
16
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
sexual
abuse
in
the
second
degree.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
709.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
The
other
person
is
under
the
age
of
twelve
a
child
.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
relates
to
sexual
abuse
in
the
second
degree.
7
Current
law
provides
that
sexual
abuse
in
the
second
degree
8
includes
when
sexual
abuse
involves
a
person
under
the
age
of
9
12.
10
The
bill
provides
that
sexual
abuse
in
the
second
degree
11
includes
when
the
sexual
abuse
involves
a
child.
Code
section
12
702.5,
defines
“child”
as
any
person
under
the
age
of
14.
13
Sexual
abuse
in
the
second
degree
is
a
class
“B”
felony
14
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
25
years.
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