Bill Text: IA SF223 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to an assault of a pregnant person, and providing penalties.(See SF 384.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-22 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 384. S.J. 396. [SF223 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF223-Introduced.html
Senate
File
223
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
223
BY
WESTRICH
,
DAWSON
,
SHIPLEY
,
DE
WITT
,
ALONS
,
EVANS
,
LOFGREN
,
SALMON
,
GRUENHAGEN
,
EDLER
,
and
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
an
assault
of
a
pregnant
person,
and
1
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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223
Section
1.
Section
708.2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
A
person
who
commits
an
assault,
as
3
defined
in
section
708.1,
against
another
person
who
the
person
4
knows
or
reasonably
should
know
is
a
pregnant
person,
is
guilty
5
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
relates
to
an
assault
of
a
pregnant
person,
and
10
provides
penalties.
11
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
commits
an
assault,
as
12
defined
in
Code
section
708.1,
against
another
person
who
the
13
person
knows
or
reasonably
should
know
is
a
pregnant
person,
is
14
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
15
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
16
least
$1,025
but
not
more
than
$10,245.
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