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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 18 physical injury, or that is intended to cause bodily injury or 1 19 serious injury. 1 20 Sec. 4. Section 726.6, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 21 following new subsection: 1 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. A person who commits child 1 23 endangerment resulting in bodily injury to a child or minor is 1 24 guilty of a class "D" felony. 1 25 Sec. 5. Section 726.6, subsection 3, Code 2001, is amended 1 26 to read as follows: 1 27 3. A person who commits child endangerment not resulting 1 28 in bodily injury or serious injury to a child or minor is 1 29 guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. 1 30 EXPLANATION 1 31 This bill amends Code section 726.6, relating to child 1 32 endangerment violations, and includes a conforming change to 1 33 Code section 702.11, relating to forcible felonies. 1 34 Code section 726.6 is amended to include a person who is a 1 35 member of the child's or minor's household in the list of 2 1 possible perpetrators of an act of child endangerment. The 2 2 list of child endangerment acts is amended to include acts 2 3 intended to cause bodily injury. A new subsection provides 2 4 that an act of child endangerment resulting in bodily injury 2 5 to a child is a class "D" felony and the bill provides that an 2 6 act of child endangerment that does not result in bodily 2 7 injury or serious injury to a child is an aggravated 2 8 misdemeanor. 2 9 Current law provides that a felonious act of child 2 10 endangerment is a forcible felony. Code section 702.11 is 2 11 amended to provide that a class "D" felony act of child 2 12 endangerment resulting in bodily injury to a child is not a 2 13 forcible felony. 2 14 LSB 1274HC 79 2 15 jp/pj/5
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