Bill Text: IA HF373 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the criminal penalty for a sexually violent predator who escapes or attempts to escape from custody. (Formerly HSB 91)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-10 - Withdrawn. H.J. 530. [HF373 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF373-Introduced.html

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House File 373 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 91)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the criminal penalty for a sexually violent
  2    predator who escapes or attempts to escape from custody.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 229A.5B, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  A person who violates subsection 1 commits a simple
  1  4  serious misdemeanor or may be subject to punishment for
  1  5 contempt.
  1  6                           EXPLANATION
  1  7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1  8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1  9    Under current law, a sexually violent predator who is
  1 10 civilly committed pursuant to Code chapter 229A, or a person
  1 11 who is detained pending a determination of whether the person
  1 12 is a sexually violent predator, who escapes or attempts to
  1 13 escape from custody pursuant to Code section 229A.5B commits
  1 14 a simple misdemeanor or may be subject to punishment for
  1 15 contempt.  This bill provides that such a violation is a
  1 16 serious misdemeanor or may be punishable as contempt.
  1 17    A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no
  1 18 more than 30 days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than
  1 19 $625 or by both.  A serious misdemeanor is punishable by
  1 20 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least
  1 21 $315 but no more than $1,875.
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