Bill Text: IA SF2097 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the criminal offense of indecent exposure, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly SSB 3031.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Fiscal note. [SF2097 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2097-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
CRIMINAL
OFFENSE
OF
INDECENT
EXPOSURE,
PROVIDING
PENALTIES,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
709.9,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
709.9
Indecent
exposure
——
masturbation
.
1.
A
person
who
exposes
the
person’s
genitals
or
pubes
pubic
area
to
another
not
the
person’s
spouse,
or
who
commits
a
sex
act
in
the
presence
of
or
view
of
a
third
person,
commits
a
serious
misdemeanor
,
if
all
of
the
following
apply
:
1.
a.
The
person
does
so
to
arouse
or
satisfy
the
sexual
desires
of
either
party
;
and
.
2.
b.
The
person
knows
or
reasonably
should
know
that
the
act
is
offensive
to
the
viewer.
2.
a.
A
person
who
masturbates
in
public
in
the
presence
of
another,
not
a
child,
commits
a
serious
misdemeanor.
b.
A
person
who
masturbates
in
public
in
the
presence
of
a
child
commits
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
c.
For
the
purpose
of
this
subsection,
“masturbate”
means
physical
stimulation
of
a
person’s
own
genitals
or
pubic
area
for
the
purpose
of
sexual
gratification
or
arousal
of
the
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2097,
p.
2
person,
regardless
of
whether
the
genitals
or
pubic
area
is
exposed
or
covered.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2097,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor