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House File 2070

Partial Bill History

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 236.2, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  The assault is between persons who are
  1  4 or have been in a dating relationship.  For purposes of this
  1  5 chapter, a dating relationship is one in which the parties are
  1  6 romantically involved, whether or not such relationship is
  1  7 ever consummated sexually.  
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill amends the definition of "domestic abuse" under
  1 10 Code chapter 236 to include an assault between persons who are
  1 11 or have been in a dating relationship.  The bill also defines
  1 12 "dating relationship".
  1 13    The bill also affects the definition of domestic abuse
  1 14 assault under Code section 708.2A.  Penalties for domestic
  1 15 abuse assault vary according to a first, second, or third or
  1 16 subsequent assault, and vary according to the type of injury
  1 17 inflicted, from a simple misdemeanor to a class "D" felony.  A
  1 18 simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more
  1 19 than 30 days or a fine of at least $50 but not more than $500
  1 20 or by both.  A class "D" felony is punishable by confinement
  1 21 for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but
  1 22 not more than $7,500.
  1 23    In addition the bill affects other provisions in the Code
  1 24 such as mandatory arrests and insurance discrimination that
  1 25 reference the definition of domestic abuse in Code chapter
  1 26 236.  
  1 27 LSB 5405YH 78
  1 28 jj/cf/24
     

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