H-8468

   Amend the amendment, H-8273, to Senate File 2382, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
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JUROR SERVICE

   Sec. ___.  Section 607A.5, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   607A.5  Automatic excuse from jury service.
   1.  A person shall be excused from jury service if the person submits written documentation verifying, to the court’s satisfaction, that the person is solely responsible for the daily care of a person with a permanent disability living in the person’s household and that the performance of juror service would cause substantial risk of injury to the health of the person with a disability, or that the person is the mother of a breastfed child and is responsible for the daily care of the child. However, if the person is regularly employed at a location other than the person’s household, the person shall not be excused under this section subsection.
   2.  A person shall be excused from jury service if the person is at least seventy-two years of age and notifies the court that the person is at least seventy-two years of age and wishes to be exempted from jury service.
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EARNED TIME

   Sec. ___.  Section 903A.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  However, an inmate required to participate in a sex offender treatment program shall not be eligible for a any reduction of sentence unless until the inmate participates in and completes a sex offender treatment program established by the director.
   Sec. ___.  Section 903A.2, subsection 1, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  An inmate required to participate in a domestic abuse treatment program shall not be eligible for a any reduction of sentence unless until the inmate participates in and completes a domestic abuse treatment program established by the director.
   Sec. ___.  Section 903A.3, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Upon finding that an inmate has violated an institutional rule, has failed to complete a sex offender or domestic abuse treatment program as specified in section 903A.2, or has had an action or appeal dismissed under section 610A.2, the independent administrative law judge may order forfeiture of any or all earned time accrued and not forfeited up to the date of the violation by the inmate and may order forfeiture of any or all earned time accrued and not forfeited up to the date the action or appeal is dismissed, unless the court entered such an order under section 610A.3. The independent administrative law judge has discretion within the guidelines established pursuant to section 903A.4, to determine the amount of time that should be forfeited based upon the severity of the violation. Prior violations by the inmate may be considered by the administrative law judge in the decision.
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING

   Sec. ___.  Section 710A.2, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   710A.2  Human trafficking.
   1.  A person who knowingly engages in human trafficking is guilty of a class “D” felony, except that if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “C” “B” felony.
   2.  A person who knowingly engages in human trafficking by causing or threatening to cause serious physical injury to another person is guilty of a class “C” felony, except that if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “B” felony.
   3.  A person who knowingly engages in human trafficking by physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain another person is guilty of a class “D” felony, except that if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “C” “B” felony.
   4.  A person who knowingly engages in human trafficking by soliciting services or benefiting from the services of a victim is guilty of a class “D” felony, except that if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “C” “B” felony.
   5.  A person who knowingly engages in human trafficking by abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal process is guilty of a class “D” felony, except that if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “C” “B” felony.
   6.  A person who knowingly engages in human trafficking by knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document of a victim is guilty of a class “D” felony, except that if that other person is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “C” “B” felony.
   7.  A person who benefits financially or by receiving anything of value from knowing participation in human trafficking is guilty of a class “D” felony, except that if the victim is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “C” “B” felony.
   8.  A person’s ignorance of the age of the victim or a belief that the victim was older is not a defense to a violation of this section.
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EMPLOYEE’S CRIMINAL HISTORY —— ADMISSIBILITY

   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  671A.1  Limitation on admissibility of evidence of an employee’s criminal history.
   1.  Information regarding the criminal history of an employee or former employee shall not be introduced as evidence in a civil action against an employer or its employees or agents that is based on the conduct of the employee or former employee in any of the following circumstances: 
   a.  The nature of the criminal history does not bear a direct relationship to the facts underlying the cause of action.
   b.  Before the occurrence of the act giving rise to the civil action, a court ordered the record of any criminal case sealed or the president of the United States or the chief executive of a state pardoned the employee or former employee.
   c.  The record is of an arrest or charge that did not result in a criminal conviction. 
   d.  A court granted the employee or former employee a deferred judgment at sentencing and a court did not revoke the deferred judgment.
   2.  This section does not alter any statutory provision allowing an employer to conduct a criminal history background investigation or consider criminal history records in the employment process for particular types of employment.
   3.  This section does not create a duty for employers not otherwise so required by law to conduct criminal history background checks.
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   4.  By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.

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BALTIMORE of Boone