Bill Text: IA HF258 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to sexual misconduct with offenders and juveniles, and providing penalties. Effective 7-1-15.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-17 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 875. [HF258 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF258-Enrolled.html

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House File 258 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 34)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                         House File 258

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH OFFENDERS AND JUVENILES, AND
    PROVIDING PENALTIES.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 709.16, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    709.16  Sexual misconduct with offenders and juveniles.
    1.  An Any peace officer, or an officer, employee,
 contractor, vendor, volunteer, or agent of the department of
 corrections, or an officer, employee, or agent of a judicial
 district department of correctional services, who engages in
 a sex act with an individual committed to the custody of the
 department of corrections or a judicial district department of
 correctional services commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
    2.  a.  An Any peace officer, or an officer, employee,
 contractor, vendor, volunteer, or agent of a juvenile placement
 facility who engages in a sex act with a juvenile placed at
 such facility commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
    b.  For purposes of this subsection, a "juvenile placement
 facility" means any of the following:
    (1)  A child foster care facility licensed under section
 237.4.
    (2)  Institutions controlled by the department of human
 services listed in section 218.1.
    (3)  Juvenile detention and juvenile shelter care homes
 approved under section 232.142.
    (4)  Psychiatric medical institutions for children licensed
 under chapter 135H.
    (5)  Facilities for the treatment of persons with
 substance=related disorders as defined in section 125.2.
    3.  An Any peace officer, or an officer, employee,
 contractor, vendor, volunteer, or agent of a county who engages
 in a sex act with a prisoner incarcerated in a county jail
 commits an aggravated misdemeanor.


                                                             
                               KRAIG PAULSEN
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 258, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2015


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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