Bill Text: IA SF298 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of the term "sex act" in the criminal code, lascivious acts with a child, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 1198.) Effective 7-1-13.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF298 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF298-Amended.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of the term "sex act" in the criminal code, lascivious acts with a child, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 1198.) Effective 7-1-13.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF298 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF298-Amended.html
Senate
File
298
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
298
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1198)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
13,
2013
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
definition
of
the
term
“sex
act”
in
the
1
criminal
code,
lascivious
acts
with
a
child,
and
providing
2
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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298
Section
1.
Section
702.17,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
702.17
Sex
act.
3
The
term
“sex
act”
or
“sexual
activity”
means
any
sexual
4
contact
between
two
or
more
persons
by:
penetration
of
the
5
penis
into
the
vagina
or
anus;
contact
between
the
mouth
and
6
genitalia
or
by
contact
between
the
genitalia
of
one
person
7
and
the
genitalia
or
anus
of
another
person;
contact
between
8
the
finger
or
hand
of
one
person
and
the
genitalia
or
anus
9
of
another
person,
except
in
the
course
of
examination
or
10
treatment
by
a
person
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
148
,
148C
,
11
151
,
or
152
;
ejaculation
onto
the
person
of
another;
or
by
use
12
of
artificial
sexual
organs
or
substitutes
therefor
in
contact
13
with
the
genitalia
or
anus.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
709.8,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
the
15
following
new
subsection:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
Cause
the
touching
of
the
person’s
17
genitals
to
any
part
of
the
body
of
a
child.
18
Sec.
3.
Section
709.8,
unnumbered
paragraph
2,
Code
2013,
19
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
Any
person
who
violates
a
provision
of
this
section
21
involving
an
act
included
in
subsection
1
or
2
through
2A
22
shall,
upon
conviction,
be
guilty
of
a
class
“C”
felony.
Any
23
person
who
violates
a
provision
of
this
section
involving
an
24
act
included
in
subsection
3
or
4
shall,
upon
conviction,
be
25
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
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