Bill Text: IA HSB503 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to robbery in the first degree and the applicable statute of limitations.(See HF 2248.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-31 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2248. [HSB503 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB503-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
503
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
robbery
in
the
first
degree
and
the
1
applicable
statute
of
limitations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
802.2F
Robbery
——
first
degree.
1
An
information
or
indictment
for
robbery
in
the
first
degree
2
in
violation
of
section
711.2
shall
be
found
within
ten
years
3
after
the
commission
of
the
offense.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
802.3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
5
follows:
6
802.3
Felony
——
aggravated
or
serious
misdemeanor.
7
In
all
cases,
except
those
enumerated
in
section
802.1
,
8
802.2
,
802.2A
,
802.2B
,
802.2C
,
802.2D
,
802.2E
,
802.2F,
or
9
802.10
,
an
indictment
or
information
for
a
felony
or
aggravated
10
or
serious
misdemeanor
shall
be
found
within
three
years
after
11
its
commission.
12
Sec.
3.
Section
802.10,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
3.
However,
notwithstanding
subsection
2
,
an
indictment
or
15
information
shall
be
found
against
a
person
within
three
years
16
from
the
date
the
person
is
identified
by
the
person’s
DNA
17
profile.
If
the
action
involves
sexual
abuse,
another
sexual
18
offense,
kidnapping,
human
trafficking,
or
fraud
in
assisted
19
reproduction,
the
indictment
or
information
shall
be
found
as
20
provided
in
section
802.2
,
802.2B
,
802.2C
,
802.2D
,
or
802.2E
,
21
if
the
person
is
identified
by
the
person’s
DNA
profile.
If
22
the
action
involves
robbery
in
the
first
degree
but
does
not
23
involve
sexual
abuse,
another
sexual
offense,
kidnapping,
human
24
trafficking,
or
fraud
in
assisted
reproduction,
the
indictment
25
or
information
shall
be
found
as
provided
in
section
802.2F,
if
26
the
person
is
identified
by
the
person’s
DNA
profile.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
robbery
in
the
first
degree
and
the
31
applicable
statute
of
limitations.
32
The
bill
provides
that
an
information
or
indictment
for
33
robbery
in
the
first
degree
in
violation
of
Code
section
711.2
34
shall
be
found
within
10
years
after
the
commission
of
the
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offense.
1
Under
current
law,
an
information
or
indictment
for
robbery
2
in
the
first
degree
must
be
found
within
three
years
after
its
3
commission.
Code
section
711.2
provides
that
a
person
commits
4
robbery
in
the
first
degree
when,
while
perpetrating
a
robbery,
5
the
person
purposely
inflicts
or
attempts
to
inflict
serious
6
injury,
or
is
armed
with
a
dangerous
weapon.
Robbery
in
the
7
first
degree
is
a
class
“B”
felony.
A
class
“B”
felony
is
8
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
25
years.
9
The
bill
makes
a
conforming
change
to
Code
section
10
802.10(3),
which
relates
to
the
identification
of
an
accused
11
person
by
the
person’s
DNA
profile.
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