Bill Text: IA SF13 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the time period within which a prosecution for kidnapping in the first degree must be commenced.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-14 - Subcommittee, Horn, Garrett, and Sodders. S.J. 87. [SF13 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF13-Introduced.html

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Senate File 13 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  SINCLAIR

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the time period within which a prosecution
  2    for kidnapping in the first degree must be commenced.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  802.1A  Kidnapping in the first
  1  2 degree.
  1  3    A prosecution for kidnapping in the first degree in
  1  4 violation of section 710.2 may be commenced at any time after
  1  5 the commission of the offense.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 802.3, Code 2015, is amended to read as
  1  7 follows:
  1  8    802.3  Felony == aggravated or serious misdemeanor.
  1  9    In all cases, except those enumerated in section 802.1,
  1 10 802.1A, 802.2, 802.2A, 802.2B, or 802.10, an indictment or
  1 11 information for a felony or aggravated or serious misdemeanor
  1 12 shall be found within three years after its commission.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 16    This bill relates to the time period within which a
  1 17 prosecution for kidnapping in the first degree must be
  1 18 commenced.
  1 19    Under the bill, a prosecution for kidnapping in the first
  1 20 degree in violation of Code section 710.2 may be commenced at
  1 21 any time after the commission of the offense.  Current law
  1 22 requires that kidnapping in the first degree be prosecuted
  1 23 within three years of the commission of the offense.
  1 24    A person who commits kidnapping in the first degree commits
  1 25 a class "A" felony.  A class "A" felony is punishable by
  1 26 confinement for life without possibility of parole.  If a
  1 27 person is released prior to the expiration of the kidnapping in
  1 28 the first degree sentence, and the offense was determined to be
  1 29 sexually motivated, the person shall register as a sex offender
  1 30 pursuant to Code chapter 692A.
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