Senate File 510 S-3199 Amend Senate File 510 as follows: 1 1. Page 92, after line 28 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 HATE CRIMES 4 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 718A.1B Intimidation 5 by desecration of flag or insignia in violation of 6 individual rights. 7 For the purposes of this section, “intimidation 8 by desecration of flag or insignia in violation of 9 individual rights” means a violation of section 718A.1A 10 with intent to intimidate a person on the basis of that 11 person’s veteran status or on the basis of a person’s 12 association with a veteran, and shall be classified as 13 a hate crime as defined in section 729A.2. A person 14 who commits intimidation by desecration of flag or 15 insignia in violation of individual rights is guilty of 16 a simple misdemeanor. 17 Sec. ___. Section 729A.1, Code 2015, is amended to 18 read as follows: 19 729A.1 Violations of an individual’s rights 20 prohibited. 21 1. Persons within the state of Iowa have the right 22 to be free from any violence, or intimidation by 23 threat of violence, committed against their persons 24 or property because of their race, color, religion, 25 ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, 26 sexual orientation, age, or disability. 27 2. Persons within the state of Iowa have the 28 right to be free from any violence or intimidation 29 committed against their persons or property because 30 of their veteran status or on the basis of a person’s 31 association with a veteran. 32 Sec. ___. Section 729A.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, 33 Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: 34 “Hate crime” means one of the following public 35 offenses when committed against a person or a person’s 36 property because of the person’s race, color, religion, 37 ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, 38 sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability, 39 or the person’s association with a person of a certain 40 race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, 41 political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, 42 veteran status, or disability: 43 Sec. ___. Section 729A.2, Code 2015, is amended by 44 adding the following new subsection: 45 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. Intimidation by desecration 46 of flag or insignia in violation of individual rights 47 under section 718A.1B. > 48 2. By renumbering as necessary. 49 -1- SF510.2053 (3) 86 tm/rn 1/ 2 #1.
______________________________ MARK CHELGREN ______________________________ MICHAEL BREITBACH ______________________________ KEN ROZENBOOM ______________________________ AMY SINCLAIR ______________________________ MARK COSTELLO ______________________________ TIM L. KAPUCIAN ______________________________ JACK WHITVER ______________________________ TIM KRAAYENBRINK ______________________________ BILL ANDERSON ______________________________ DENNIS GUTH -2- SF510.2053 (3) 86 tm/rn 2/ 2