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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 702.11, subsection 2, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Child endangerment resulting in bodily 1 4 injury to a child in violation of section 726.6, subsection 1 5 2A. 1 6 Sec. 2. Section 726.6, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1 7 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 8 A person who is the parent, guardian, or person having 1 9 custody or control over a child or a minor under the age of 1 10 eighteen with a mental or physical disability, or a person who 1 11 is a member of the household in which a child or such a minor 1 12 resides, commits child endangerment when the person does any 1 13 of the following: 1 14 Sec. 3. Section 726.6, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 15 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 16 b. By an intentional act or series of intentional acts, 1 17 uses unreasonable force, torture or cruelty that results in 1 18physicalbodily injury, or that is intended to cause serious 1 19 injury. 1 20 Sec. 4. Section 726.6, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 21 following new subsections: 1 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. For the purposes of subsection 1, 1 23 "person having control over a child or a minor" means any of 1 24 the following: 1 25 a. A person who has accepted, undertaken, or assumed 1 26 supervision of a child or such a minor from the parent or 1 27 guardian of the child or minor. 1 28 b. A person who has undertaken or assumed temporary 1 29 supervision of a child or such a minor without explicit 1 30 consent from the parent or guardian of the child or minor. 1 31 c. A person who operates a motor vehicle with a child or 1 32 such a minor present in the vehicle. 1 33 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. A person who commits child 1 34 endangerment resulting in bodily injury to a child or minor is 1 35 guilty of a class "D" felony. 2 1 Sec. 5. Section 726.6, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended 2 2 to read as follows: 2 3 3. A person who commits child endangerment not resulting 2 4 in bodily injury or serious injury to a child or minor is 2 5 guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. 2 6 EXPLANATION 2 7 This bill amends Code section 726.6, relating to child 2 8 endangerment violations, and includes a conforming change to 2 9 Code section 702.11, relating to forcible felonies. 2 10 Code section 726.6 is amended to include a person who is a 2 11 member of the child's or minor's household in the list of 2 12 possible perpetrators of an act of child endangerment. The 2 13 list of child endangerment acts is amended to include acts 2 14 intended to cause bodily injury. 2 15 In addition the bill adds two new subsections to Code 2 16 section 726.6. New subsection 1A defines the term "person 2 17 having control over a child or a minor" to add the following 2 18 to the list of possible perpetrators of an act of child 2 19 endangerment: a person who has accepted, undertaken, or 2 20 assumed supervision of a child or minor from the parent or 2 21 guardian, a person who has undertaken or assumed temporary 2 22 supervision without explicit consent from the parent or 2 23 guardian, or a person who operates a motor vehicle with a 2 24 child or minor present in the vehicle. New subsection 2A 2 25 provides that an act of child endangerment resulting in bodily 2 26 injury to a child or minor is a class "D" felony and the bill 2 27 provides that an act of child endangerment that does not 2 28 result in bodily injury or serious injury to a child or minor 2 29 is an aggravated misdemeanor. 2 30 Current law provides that a felonious act of child 2 31 endangerment is a forcible felony. Code section 702.11 is 2 32 amended to provide that a class "D" felony act of child 2 33 endangerment resulting in bodily injury to a child is not a 2 34 forcible felony. 2 35 LSB 1274HV 79 3 1 jp/pj/5
Text: HF00103 Text: HF00105 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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