Bill Text: IA HF2276 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Amended

Iowa House Bill 2276 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the presence of a sex offender upon the real property of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school. (Formerly HF 2059.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-14 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2276 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2276-Amended.html


House File 2276 - Reprinted




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
                                     SAFETY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2059)
       (As Amended and Passed by the House March 12, 2018)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the presence of a sex offender upon the real
  2    property of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary
  3    school.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 692A.109, subsection 1, paragraph g,
  1  2 Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    g.  Inform the sex offender who was convicted of a sex
  1  4 offense against a minor of the prohibitions established under
  1  5 section 692A.113 by providing the offender with a written
  1  6 copy of section 692A.113 and relevant definitions of section
  1  7 692A.101.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 692A.113, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  9 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  1 10    Sec. 3.  Section 692A.113, Code 2018, is amended by adding
  1 11 the following new subsection:
  1 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  A sex offender who has been convicted
  1 13 of a sex offense or a person required to register as a sex
  1 14 offender in another jurisdiction shall not be present upon the
  1 15 real property of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary
  1 16 school unless any of the following apply:
  1 17    a.  (1)  The sex offender has written permission of the school
  1 18 administrator or school administrator's designee to be present
  1 19 upon the real property of a public or nonpublic elementary or
  1 20 secondary school.
  1 21    (2)  A school administrator or the school administrator's
  1 22 designee shall not unreasonably withhold issuing written
  1 23 permission under this paragraph.
  1 24    b.  The sex offender is enrolled as a student at the school.
  1 25    c.  The sex offender is the parent or legal guardian of a
  1 26 minor and is present on the real property solely during the
  1 27 period of time reasonably necessary to transport the offender's
  1 28 own minor child or ward to or from the school.
  1 29    d.  The sex offender is entitled to vote and is present on
  1 30 the real property solely for the period of time reasonably
  1 31 necessary to exercise the right to vote in a public election if
  1 32 the polling location of the offender is located in the school.
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