House File 2238 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2238 BY STECKMAN , MURPHY , PRICHARD , STAED , STUTSMAN , LENSING , HANSON , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , H. MILLER , DAWSON , KOESTER , MASCHER , WOOD , MUHLBAUER , COHOON , ABDUL-SAMAD , WOLFE , BEARINGER , OURTH , KEARNS , ANDERSON , HEDDENS , LYKAM , M. SMITH , RIDING , WINCKLER , JACOBY , DUNKEL , OLDSON , KAJTAZOVIC , THEDE , LUNDBY , GASKILL , and GAINES A BILL FOR An Act including children who have been subjected to human 1 trafficking in child in need of assistance provisions under 2 the juvenile justice code. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5550YH (3) 85 jp/nh

H.F. 2238 Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 6, Code 2014, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . r. Who has been subjected to human 3 trafficking as defined in section 710A.1. 4 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 includes children who have been subjected to human 8 trafficking as defined in Code section 710A.1 in child in need 9 of assistance provisions under the juvenile justice code. 10 The bill amends the definition of child in need of assistance 11 in Code section 232.2 to include such children. 12 Code section 710A.1 defines the term “human trafficking” to 13 mean participating in a venture to recruit, harbor, transport, 14 supply provisions, or obtain a person for any of the following 15 purposes: forced labor or service that results in involuntary 16 servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery or commercial 17 sexual activity through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, 18 except that if the trafficked person is under the age of 18, 19 the commercial sexual activity need not involve force, fraud, 20 or coercion. The term also means knowingly purchasing or 21 attempting to purchase services involving commercial sexual 22 activity from a victim or another person engaged in human 23 trafficking. 24 The Code section 232.2 definition is applied by the juvenile 25 court, department of human services, and others engaged in the 26 protection of children under the juvenile justice code. 27 -1- LSB 5550YH (3) 85 jp/nh 1/ 1