Bill Text: IA HF33 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to body piercing for minors and making penalties applicable.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Subcommittee: Hinson, Bennett and Jones. H.J. 109. [HF33 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF33-Introduced.html

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House File 33 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  KOESTER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to body piercing for minors and making
  2    penalties applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.37B  Body piercing == minors.
  1  2    1.  For the purposes of this section:
  1  3    a.  "Body piercing" means a hole, mark, or scar in the skin
  1  4 of a person made through the act of penetrating the skin.
  1  5    b.  "Minor" means an unmarried person who is under the age
  1  6 of eighteen years.
  1  7    2.  A minor shall not obtain a body piercing and a person
  1  8 shall not provide a body piercing to a minor, except in an ear
  1  9 lobe, without receiving prior consent from the minor's parent,
  1 10 guardian, or legal custodian.
  1 11    3.  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
  1 12 necessary to administer this section.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 16    This bill prohibits a minor from receiving and a person from
  1 17 providing to a minor, a body piercing, except in an ear lobe,
  1 18 without prior consent from the minor's parent, guardian, or
  1 19 legal custodian. For purposes of the bill, "body piercing"
  1 20 means a hole, mark, or scar in the skin of a person made through
  1 21 the act of penetrating the skin, and a "minor" is an unmarried
  1 22 person who is under the age of 18 years. A person who knowingly
  1 23 violates the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor, which
  1 24 results in a fine of between $65 and $625, imprisonment of up
  1 25 to 30 days, or both.
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