Bill Text: IA SF149 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the place of trial for certain criminal offenses.(Formerly SSB 1001.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 163. [SF149 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF149-Introduced.html
Senate
File
149
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
149
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1001)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
place
of
trial
for
certain
criminal
1
offenses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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S.F.
149
Section
1.
Section
803.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
a.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
this
3
section,
if
the
county
in
which
an
offense
was
committed
cannot
4
be
readily
determined,
trial
of
the
offense
shall
be
held
in
5
the
county
of
residence
of
the
victim.
6
b.
If
there
is
no
victim,
the
victim
is
not
a
resident
7
of
this
state,
or
the
residence
of
the
victim
cannot
be
8
established,
trial
of
the
offense
shall
be
held
in
the
county
9
of
residence
of
the
person
charged
with
the
offense.
10
c.
If
the
victim
is
not
a
natural
person,
venue
for
trial
11
of
the
offense
is
proper
in
any
county
where
the
victim
has
a
12
physical
presence.
13
d.
If
there
is
more
than
one
victim,
trial
of
the
offenses
14
may
be
held
in
any
county
in
which
a
victim
resides
with
the
15
county
of
residence
of
a
natural
person
taking
priority
over
16
the
county
of
residence
of
other
victims.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
the
place
of
trial
for
certain
criminal
21
offenses.
22
The
bill
provides
that
if
the
county
in
which
an
offense
was
23
committed
cannot
be
readily
determined,
trial
of
the
offense
24
shall
be
held
in
the
county
of
residence
of
the
victim.
If
25
there
is
no
victim,
the
victim
is
not
a
resident
of
this
state,
26
or
the
residence
of
the
victim
cannot
be
established,
trial
27
shall
be
held
in
the
county
of
residence
of
the
person
charged
28
with
the
offense.
If
the
victim
is
not
a
natural
person,
29
venue
for
trial
of
the
offense
is
proper
in
any
county
where
30
the
victim
has
a
physical
presence.
If
there
is
more
than
31
one
victim,
trial
may
be
held
in
any
county
in
which
a
victim
32
resides
with
the
county
of
residence
of
a
natural
person
taking
33
priority
over
the
county
of
residence
of
other
victims.
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