Bill Text: IA SF63 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the electronic tracking and monitoring of persons on the sex offender registry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-22 - Subcommittee reassigned, Hogg, Dvorsky, and Schneider. S.J. 95. [SF63 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF63-Introduced.html
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BY
SORENSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
of
1
persons
on
the
sex
offender
registry.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
232.52A,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
If
the
duration
of
a
dispositional
order
is
extended
3
pursuant
to
section
232.53,
subsection
3
,
the
court
may
4
continue
or
shall
extend
supervision
by
an
electronic
tracking
5
and
monitoring
system
in
addition
to
any
other
conditions
of
6
supervision.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
692A.124,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
8
follows:
9
692A.124
Electronic
monitoring.
10
1.
A
sex
offender
,
including
a
juvenile
under
the
11
supervision
of
the
juvenile
court,
who
is
placed
on
probation,
12
parole,
work
release,
special
sentence,
or
any
other
type
of
13
conditional
release,
may
shall
be
supervised
by
an
electronic
14
tracking
and
monitoring
system
in
addition
to
any
other
15
conditions
of
supervision.
16
2.
The
determination
to
use
electronic
tracking
and
17
monitoring
to
supervise
a
sex
offender
shall
be
based
upon
18
a
validated
risk
assessment
approved
by
the
department
of
19
corrections,
and
also
upon
the
sex
offender’s
criminal
history,
20
progress
in
treatment
and
supervision,
and
other
relevant
21
factors.
22
3.
If
a
sex
offender
is
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
23
juvenile
court,
the
determination
to
use
electronic
tracking
24
and
monitoring
to
supervise
the
sex
offender
shall
be
based
25
upon
a
risk
assessment
performed
by
a
juvenile
court
officer.
26
Sec.
3.
Section
915.17A,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
27
follows:
28
915.17A
Notification
by
judicial
district
department
of
29
correctional
services.
30
A
judicial
district
department
of
correctional
services
31
shall
notify
a
registered
victim,
regarding
a
sex
offender
32
convicted
of
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
is
under
the
33
supervision
of
a
judicial
district
department
of
correctional
34
services,
of
the
following:
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1.
The
beginning
and
ending
date
for
of
the
use
of
an
1
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
system
to
supervise
the
sex
2
offender
and
the
type
of
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
3
system
used.
4
2.
The
date
of
any
modification
to
the
use
of
an
electronic
5
tracking
and
monitoring
system
and
the
nature
of
the
change.
6
EXPLANATION
7
This
bill
relates
to
the
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
8
of
persons
on
the
sex
offender
registry.
9
Under
the
bill,
a
person
who
is
on
the
sex
offender
registry,
10
including
a
juvenile
under
the
supervision
of
the
juvenile
11
court,
who
is
placed
on
probation,
parole,
work
release,
12
special
sentence,
or
any
other
type
of
conditional
release,
13
is
required
to
be
supervised
by
an
electronic
tracking
and
14
monitoring
system
in
addition
to
any
other
conditions
of
15
supervision.
16
Current
law
allows
but
does
not
require
the
supervision
of
a
17
sex
offender
on
the
sex
offender
registry,
including
a
juvenile
18
sex
offender,
by
an
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
system
19
in
addition
to
any
other
conditions
of
supervision.
20
The
bill
also
requires
a
judicial
district
department
of
21
correctional
services
to
notify
a
registered
victim,
regarding
22
the
sex
offender
convicted
of
the
sex
offense
against
the
23
victim,
who
is
under
supervision
of
the
judicial
district
24
department,
of
the
beginning
and
ending
date
of
the
use
of
25
an
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
system
to
supervise
26
the
sex
offender
including
the
type
of
electronic
tracking
27
and
monitoring
system
used.
Current
law
only
requires
the
28
judicial
district
department
to
provide
such
notification
to
29
the
registered
victim
if
the
sex
offender
is
convicted
of
a
sex
30
offense
against
a
minor
and
is
being
electronically
monitored
31
or
tracked.
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