Bill Text: IA HF18 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to abuse of a human corpse and providing penalties.(See HF 282.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-10 - Withdrawn. H.J. 368. [HF18 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF18-Introduced.html
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BY
HITE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
abuse
of
a
human
corpse
and
providing
1
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
708.14,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
A
person
who
violates
this
section
commits
a
class
“D”
3
“C”
felony.
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EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
abuse
of
a
corpse
and
provides
8
penalties.
9
Under
current
law,
a
person
commits
the
crime
of
abuse
of
a
10
human
corpse
if
the
person
mutilates,
disfigures,
or
dismembers
11
a
human
corpse
with
the
intent
to
conceal
a
crime
or
hides
or
12
buries
a
human
corpse
with
the
intent
to
conceal
a
crime.
The
13
bill
increases
the
penalty
for
conviction
of
abuse
of
a
human
14
corpse
from
a
class
“D”
felony
to
a
class
“C”
felony.
15
A
class
“C”
felony
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
16
than
10
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$1,370
but
not
more
than
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$13,660.
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