Bill Text: IA HF266 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators. (Formerly HSB 11.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-08 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 765. [HF266 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF266-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
CIVIL
COMMITMENT
OF
SEXUALLY
VIOLENT
PREDATORS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
229A.2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
“Presently
confined”
means
incarceration
or
detention
in
a
correctional
facility,
a
rehabilitation
camp,
a
residential
facility,
a
county
jail,
a
halfway
house,
or
any
other
comparable
facility,
including
but
not
limited
to
placement
at
such
a
facility
as
a
condition
of
probation,
parole,
or
special
sentence
following
conviction
for
a
sexually
violent
offense.
Sec.
2.
Section
229A.2,
subsection
11,
paragraph
c,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
Sexual
exploitation
of
a
minor
in
violation
of
section
728.12
,
subsection
1
.
Sec.
3.
Section
229A.3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
as
a
limit
on
persons
subject
to
commitment
under
this
chapter.
Sec.
4.
Section
229A.4,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
The
person
was
convicted
of
a
sexually
violent
offense
and
has
been
discharged
after
the
completion
of
the
sentence
imposed
for
the
offense
is
no
longer
presently
confined
for
that
offense
.
House
File
266,
p.
2
Sec.
5.
Section
229A.7,
subsection
5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
At
trial,
the
court
shall
admit,
and
the
fact
finder
may
rely
on,
the
findings
of
an
administrative
parole
judge
or
other
agency
fact
finder.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
266,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
