Senate File 243 H-1414 Amend Senate File 243, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the Senate, as follows: 2 1. By striking page 1, line 21, through page 2, line 11, and 3 inserting: 4 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 727.12 Failure to assist. 5 1. A person who reasonably believes another person is 6 suffering from a risk of serious bodily injury or imminent 7 danger of death as the result of a crime shall, if the person 8 is able, attempt to contact local law enforcement or local 9 emergency response authorities, if doing so does not place the 10 person or the other person at risk of serious bodily injury or 11 imminent danger of death. 12 2. A person who violates this section without lawful cause 13 commits the following: 14 a. A simple misdemeanor if the failure to assist results in 15 the other person suffering serious bodily injury. 16 b. An aggravated misdemeanor if the failure to assist 17 results in the death of the other person. > 18 ______________________________ HITE of Mahaska -1- SF 243.2206 (1) 89 as/rh 1/ 1 #1.