Bill Text: IA HF2506 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of indecent exposure and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HSB 523.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-11 - Withdrawn. H.J. 587. [HF2506 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2506-Introduced.html
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FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
523)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
criminal
offense
of
indecent
exposure
1
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
709.9,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
709.9
Indecent
exposure
——
masturbation
.
3
1.
A
person
who
exposes
the
person’s
genitals
or
pubes
pubic
4
area
to
another
not
the
person’s
spouse,
or
who
commits
a
sex
5
act
in
the
presence
of
or
view
of
a
third
person,
commits
a
6
serious
misdemeanor
,
if
all
of
the
following
apply
:
7
1.
a.
The
person
does
so
to
arouse
or
satisfy
the
sexual
8
desires
of
either
party
;
and
.
9
2.
b.
The
person
knows
or
reasonably
should
know
that
the
10
act
is
offensive
to
the
viewer.
11
2.
a.
A
person
who
masturbates
in
public
in
the
presence
of
12
or
view
of
another,
not
a
child,
commits
a
serious
misdemeanor.
13
b.
A
person
who
masturbates
in
public
in
the
presence
of
or
14
view
of
a
child
commits
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
15
c.
For
the
purpose
of
this
subsection,
“masturbate”
means
16
the
rubbing
or
other
physical
stimulation
of
a
person’s
own
17
genitals
or
pubic
area
for
the
purpose
of
sexual
gratification
18
or
arousal
of
the
person,
regardless
of
whether
the
genitals
or
19
pubic
area
is
exposed
or
covered.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
expands
the
offense
of
indecent
exposure
to
24
include
a
person
who
masturbates
in
public
in
the
presence
of
25
or
view
of
another,
not
a
child,
and
a
person
who
masturbates
26
in
public
in
the
presence
of
or
view
of
a
child.
27
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
masturbates
in
public
28
in
the
presence
or
view
of
another,
not
a
child,
commits
a
29
serious
misdemeanor.
A
person
who
masturbates
in
public
in
30
the
presence
of
or
view
of
a
child
commits
an
aggravated
31
misdemeanor.
32
The
bill
defines
“masturbate”
as
the
rubbing
or
other
33
physical
stimulation
of
a
person’s
own
genitals
or
pubic
area
34
for
the
purpose
of
sexual
gratification
or
arousal
of
the
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