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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2328 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause, and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 709.19 SEXUAL OFFENSE 1 5 REPORTING. 1 6 1. For purposes of this section, "sexual offense" 1 7 means any offense proscribed under this chapter. 1 8 2. Any person, firm, association, or corporation 1 9 maintaining, advertising, or conducting in Iowa any 1 10 course of instruction for postsecondary students for 1 11 profit or for a tuition charge shall: 1 12 a. Comply with the provisions of 20 U.S.C. } 1092, 1 13 as applicable. 1 14 b. Prescribe policies and procedures relating to 1 15 sexual offenses committed on the premises of the 1 16 postsecondary institution, including but not limited 1 17 to the following: 1 18 (1) Prescribing and publicizing procedures that 1 19 students should follow if a sexual offense is 1 20 committed on the premises of the postsecondary 1 21 institution, including but not limited to whom the 1 22 sexual offense should be reported, who should 1 23 otherwise be contacted, and procedures relating to the 1 24 timely preservation of evidence necessary for proof of 1 25 the sexual offense. 1 26 (2) Informing students immediately of their option 1 27 to notify law enforcement authorities of the alleged 1 28 sexual offense. If the sexual offense occurred on the 1 29 campus of a postsecondary institution governed by the 1 30 state board of regents that employs full-time 1 31 certified law enforcement officers, the incident shall 1 32 be reported to the department of public safety. 1 33 (3) Notifying students of existing counseling, 1 34 mental health, or other services available, either on 1 35 campus or in the community, for victims of sexual 1 36 offenses. 1 37 (4) Notifying students of options for changing 1 38 academic and living situations after an alleged 1 39 commission of a sexual offense, and providing 1 40 available assistance regarding such changes if 1 41 requested by the victim. 1 42 (5) Prescribing disciplinary procedures for sexual 1 43 offenses, and notifying students of the possible 1 44 sanctions that could be imposed following the final 1 45 determination of disciplinary procedures resulting 1 46 from sexual offenses. 1 47 (6) Conducting education programs to promote the 1 48 awareness of sexual offenses. 1 49 3. Providers of medical treatment or counselors 1 50 employed by the postsecondary institution shall not be 2 1 included within the reporting requirement. 2 2 Sec. 2. Section 915.20, subsection 1, paragraph a, 2 3 Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 4 a. "Proceedings related to the offense" means any 2 5 of the following: 2 6 (1) Any activities engaged in or proceedings 2 7 commenced by a law enforcement agency, judicial 2 8 district department of correctional services, or a 2 9 court pertaining to the commission of a public offense 2 10 against the victim, in which the victim is present, as 2 11 well as examinations of the victim in an emergency 2 12 medical facility due to injuries from the public 2 13 offense which do not require surgical procedures. 2 14 "Proceedings related to the offense" includes, but is 2 15 not limited to, law enforcement investigations, 2 16 pretrial court hearings, trial and sentencing 2 17 proceedings, and proceedings relating to the 2 18 preparation of a presentence investigation report in 2 19 which the victim is present. 2 20 (2) Any investigation, meeting, or other 2 21 proceeding related to a sexual offense that is subject 2 22 to a disciplinary proceeding by a person, firm, 2 23 association, or corporation maintaining, advertising, 2 24 or conducting in Iowa any course of instruction for 2 25 postsecondary students for profit or for a tuition 2 26 charge pursuant to section 709.19." 2 27 #2. Title page, line 1, by striking the words 2 28 "reports of assault and sexual abuse" and inserting 2 29 the following: "sexual offenses". 2 30 #3. Title page, line 2, by adding after the word 2 31 "campuses" the following: "and private postsecondary 2 32 school premises". 2 33 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 2 34 2 35 2 36 2 37 MARK SHEARER 2 38 SF 2328.302 78 2 39 jj/cf
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