Bill Text: IA SF2118 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to domestic abuse protective orders and pets or companion animals owned or held by a petitioner, respondent, or minor child of the petitioner or respondent in a domestic abuse case. (Formerly SF 177.) Effective 7-1-14.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-25 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 868. [SF2118 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2118-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
2118
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
DOMESTIC
ABUSE
PROTECTIVE
ORDERS
AND
PETS
OR
COMPANION
ANIMALS
OWNED
OR
HELD
BY
A
PETITIONER,
RESPONDENT,
OR
MINOR
CHILD
OF
THE
PETITIONER
OR
RESPONDENT
IN
A
DOMESTIC
ABUSE
CASE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
236.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0g.
Name
or
description
of
any
pet
or
companion
animal
owned,
possessed,
leased,
kept,
or
held
by
the
petitioner,
respondent,
or
minor
child
of
the
petitioner
or
respondent
whose
welfare
may
be
affected
by
the
controversy.
However,
this
paragraph
shall
not
apply
to
livestock
as
defined
in
section
717.1,
held
solely
or
primarily
for
commercial
purposes.
Sec.
2.
Section
236.4,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
The
court
may
include
in
the
temporary
order
issued
pursuant
to
this
section
a
grant
to
the
petitioner
of
the
exclusive
care,
possession,
or
control
of
any
pets
or
companion
animals
owned,
possessed,
leased,
kept,
or
held
by
the
petitioner,
respondent,
or
minor
child
of
the
petitioner
or
respondent
whose
welfare
may
be
affected
by
the
controversy.
The
court
may
forbid
the
respondent
from
approaching,
taking,
transferring,
encumbering,
concealing,
molesting,
attacking,
striking,
threatening,
harming,
or
otherwise
disposing
of
the
pet
or
companion
animal.
This
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
livestock
as
defined
in
section
717.1,
held
solely
or
primarily
for
commercial
purposes.
Sec.
3.
Section
236.4,
subsection
4,
Code
2014,
is
amended
Senate
File
2118,
p.
2
to
read
as
follows:
4.
If
a
hearing
is
continued,
the
court
may
make
or
extend
any
temporary
order
under
subsection
2
,
or
3
,
or
3A
that
it
deems
necessary.
Sec.
4.
Section
236.5,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(7)
A
grant
to
the
petitioner
of
the
exclusive
care,
possession,
or
control
of
any
pets
or
companion
animals
owned,
possessed,
leased,
kept,
or
held
by
the
petitioner,
respondent,
or
minor
child
of
the
petitioner
or
respondent
whose
welfare
may
be
affected
by
the
controversy.
The
court
may
forbid
the
respondent
from
approaching,
taking,
transferring,
encumbering,
concealing,
molesting,
attacking,
striking,
threatening,
harming,
or
otherwise
disposing
of
the
pet
or
companion
animal.
This
subparagraph
shall
not
apply
to
livestock
as
defined
in
section
717.1,
held
solely
or
primarily
for
commercial
purposes.
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2118,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
