HF 2503 (LSB 5929HV (2) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2503

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 693)

(As Amended and Passed by the House 2020-03-05)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the defense of justification for violent crimes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  704A.1  Restriction on the defense of justification.
   The defense of justification is not available to a person who is the subject of a nonviolent sexual advance who commits a violent crime, as defined in section 915.10, upon another person as the result of that sexual advance or solely as the result of the person’s discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the victim’s sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.