Bill Text: IA HF165 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 165 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to registering as a sex offender for committing the criminal offense of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-31 - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 165. [HF165 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF165-Introduced.html


House File 165 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  WOLFE

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to registering as a sex offender for committing
  2    the criminal offense of assault with intent to commit sexual
  3    abuse.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 692A.101, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (5), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (5)  Assault with intent to commit sexual abuse in violation
  1  4 of section 709.11, subsection 1 or 2.
  1  5                           EXPLANATION
  1  6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1  8    This bill relates to sex offender registration for an
  1  9 assault with intent to commit sexual abuse that does not result
  1 10 in a bodily or serious injury to any person.
  1 11    Currently, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse is
  1 12 punishable as an aggravated misdemeanor if no injury results,
  1 13 and that offense is defined as an aggravated offense under Code
  1 14 chapter 692A.  A person who commits an aggravated offense is
  1 15 required to register as a sex offender for life pursuant to
  1 16 Code section 692A.106(5).
  1 17    The bill strikes the criminal offense of assault with intent
  1 18 to commit sexual abuse punishable as an aggravated misdemeanor
  1 19 from the definition of an aggravated offense under Code chapter
  1 20 692A.  Thus, a person who commits such an offense is required
  1 21 to register as a sex offender for 10 years as required in Code
  1 22 section 692A.106(1) and not for life.
  1 23     A person who commits such an offense is also subject to a
  1 24 10=year special sentence under Code section 903B.2.
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