Bill Text: IA HSB702 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a minimum sentence for a persistent felony offender, and providing penalties.(See HF 2572.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-19 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2572. [HSB702 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB702-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
702
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
minimum
sentence
for
a
persistent
felony
1
offender,
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
902.8B
Minimum
sentence
——
1
persistent
felony
offender.
2
A
persistent
felony
offender
is
any
person
convicted
of
a
3
forcible
felony
under
section
702.11
who
has
twice
before
been
4
convicted
of
a
forcible
felony
in
a
court
of
this
or
any
other
5
state,
or
of
the
United
States,
if
the
most
recent
forcible
6
felony
conviction
has
occurred
within
twenty
years
of
at
least
7
two
prior
forcible
felony
convictions.
Notwithstanding
any
8
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
person
sentenced
as
a
9
persistent
felony
offender
shall
be
committed
to
the
custody
10
of
the
director
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections
for
the
11
rest
of
the
person’s
life
with
the
possibility
of
parole
after
12
serving
a
minimum
term
of
confinement
as
determined
by
the
13
court.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
establishes
a
minimum
sentence
for
a
persistent
18
felony
offender.
19
The
bill
provides
that
a
persistent
felony
offender
is
20
any
person
convicted
of
a
forcible
felony
under
Code
section
21
702.11
who
has
twice
before
been
convicted
of
a
forcible
22
felony
in
a
court
of
this
or
any
other
state,
or
of
the
United
23
States,
if
the
most
recent
forcible
felony
conviction
has
24
occurred
within
20
years
of
at
least
two
prior
forcible
felony
25
convictions.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
26
contrary,
a
person
sentenced
as
a
persistent
felony
offender
27
shall
be
committed
to
the
custody
of
the
director
of
the
Iowa
28
department
of
corrections
for
the
rest
of
the
person’s
life
29
with
the
possibility
of
parole
after
serving
a
minimum
term
of
30
confinement
as
determined
by
the
court.
A
“forcible
felony”
31
is
any
felonious
child
endangerment,
assault,
murder,
sexual
32
abuse,
kidnapping,
robbery,
human
trafficking,
arson
in
the
33
first
degree,
or
burglary
in
the
first
degree.
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