Bill Text: IA HF339 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of unauthorized computer access, and providing penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Subcommittee: Nunn, Heartsill and Olson. H.J. 452. [HF339 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF339-Introduced.html

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House File 339 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  NUNN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the criminal offense of unauthorized
  2    computer access, and providing penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 716.6B, subsection 1, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  A person who knowingly and without authorization
  1  4 accesses a computer, computer system, or computer network
  1  5 commits the following:
  1  6    a.  An aggravated misdemeanor A class "C" felony if computer
  1  7 data is accessed that contains a confidential record, as
  1  8 defined in section 22.7, operational or support data of a
  1  9 public utility, as defined in section 476.1, operational or
  1 10 support data of a rural water district incorporated pursuant to
  1 11 chapter 357A or 504, operational or support data of a municipal
  1 12 utility organized pursuant to chapter 388 or 389, operational
  1 13 or support data of a public airport, or a trade secret, as
  1 14 defined in section 550.2.
  1 15    b.  A serious misdemeanor class "D" felony if computer data
  1 16 is copied, altered, or deleted.
  1 17    c.  A simple An aggravated misdemeanor for any access which
  1 18 is not an aggravated or serious misdemeanor a felony.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 22    This bill relates to the criminal offense of unauthorized
  1 23 computer access.
  1 24    The bill increases the criminal penalties for committing
  1 25 unauthorized computer access.
  1 26    The bill increases the criminal penalty from an aggravated
  1 27 misdemeanor to a class "C" felony if computer data is accessed
  1 28 that contains a confidential record, a trade secret, or
  1 29 operational or support data of a public utility, rural water
  1 30 district, municipal utility, or public airport.
  1 31    The bill increases the criminal penalty from a serious
  1 32 misdemeanor to a class "D" felony if computer data is copied,
  1 33 altered, or deleted.
  1 34    The bill increases the criminal penalty from a simple
  1 35 misdemeanor to an aggravated misdemeanor for any access which
  2  1 is not a felony under the bill.
  2  2    A person who violates the bill is excluded from providing a
  2  3 DNA sample under Code chapter 81.
  2  4    A class "C" felony is punishable by confinement for no more
  2  5 than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,000 but not more than
  2  6 $10,000.  A class "D" felony is punishable by confinement for
  2  7 no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not
  2  8 more than $7,500.  An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable
  2  9 by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at
  2 10 least $625 but not more than $6,250.  A simple misdemeanor is
  2 11 punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine of
  2 12 at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.
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