Bill Text: IA SSB1013 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of sex act or sexual activity for purposes of the Iowa criminal code.(See SF 172.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-27 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 172. [SSB1013 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB1013-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1013
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ZAUN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
definition
of
sex
act
or
sexual
activity
1
for
purposes
of
the
Iowa
criminal
code.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
702.17,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2021,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Contact
between
the
mouth
and
genitalia
or
mouth
and
3
anus
or
by
contact
between
the
genitalia
of
one
person
and
the
4
genitalia
or
anus
of
another
person.
5
3.
Contact
between
the
finger
or
hand
finger,
hand,
or
other
6
body
part
of
one
person
and
the
genitalia
or
anus
of
another
7
person,
except
in
the
course
of
examination
or
treatment
by
a
8
person
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
148
,
148C
,
151
,
or
152
.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
702.17,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
10
following
new
subsection:
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
The
touching
of
a
person’s
own
genitals
12
or
anus
with
a
finger,
hand,
artificial
sexual
organ
or
other
13
similar
device
at
the
direction
of
another
person.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
definition
of
“sex
act”
or
“sexual
18
activity”.
19
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
“sex
act”
or
“sexual
20
activity”
for
purposes
of
the
Iowa
criminal
code
to
include
21
contact
between
the
mouth
and
anus
of
two
or
more
persons,
22
contact
between
the
finger,
hand,
or
other
body
part
of
one
23
person
and
the
genitalia
or
anus
of
another
person
except
in
24
the
course
of
examination
or
treatment
by
certain
licensed
25
professionals,
and
the
touching
of
a
person’s
own
genitals
or
26
anus
with
a
finger,
hand,
artificial
sexual
organ
or
other
27
similar
device
at
the
direction
of
another
person.
28
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