Bill Text: IA HF821 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a civil action relating to harassment by the reporting of false information to law enforcement authority. (Formerly HF 421.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-10 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1099. [HF821 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF821-Enrolled.html
House
File
821
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Enrolled
House
File
821
AN
ACT
CREATING
A
CIVIL
ACTION
RELATING
TO
HARASSMENT
BY
THE
REPORTING
OF
FALSE
INFORMATION
TO
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
708.7,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
07.
A
person
injured
by
a
violation
of
section
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
may
bring
a
civil
action
against
the
person
whose
conduct
violated
section
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4).
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
821,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor