H-8020

   Amend House File 2399 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, after line 34 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  708.2D  Enhanced assault —— former relationship.
   An “enhanced assault” means an assault, as defined in section 708.1, that does not meet the definition of domestic abuse assault under section 708.2A, for which a sentencing court may sentence an offender to the additional sentencing provisions found under section 708.2A, subsection 7, paragraph “a”, or section 708.2A, subsection 10, if the court or finder of fact finds that the defendant and the victim had at the time of the assault or within one year prior to the assault a romantic relationship, based upon the following factors: the nature and extent of, or expectation of, a sexual or romantic relationship from the perspective of the defendant, the duration of the relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the defendant and the victim.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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