H-8144

   Amend House File 2464 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (5), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (5)  The acts or omissions of a person responsible for the care of a child which allow, permit, or encourage the child to engage engaged in acts prohibited pursuant to section 725.1. Notwithstanding section 702.5, acts or omissions under this subparagraph include an act or omission referred to in this subparagraph with or to a person applies to a child under the age of eighteen years.>
   2.  Page 1, before line 5 by inserting: 
   <__.  “Court records” means the same as defined in Iowa court rule 20.1(2).>
   3.  Page 1, line 15, after <record> by inserting <and associated court records>
   4.  Page 2, line 8, by striking <and> and inserting <or>
   5.  Page 2, by striking line 12 and inserting <attorney’s office, a law enforcement agency, or a local victim services agency to be>
   6.  Page 2, line 28, after <record> by inserting <and associated court files>
   7.  Page 3, line 6, by striking <record that is> and inserting <record and associated court records that are>
   8.  Page 3, line 7, by striking <a confidential record> and inserting <confidential records>
   9.  Page 3, line 9, after <record> by inserting <and associated court records>
   10.  Page 3, line 23, by striking <has> and inserting <and associated court records have>
   11.  Page 3, line 24, by striking <a confidential record> and inserting <confidential records>
   12.  Page 4, line 6, by striking <record that is> and inserting <record and associated court records that are>
   13.  Page 4, line 8, after <record> by inserting <and associated court records>
   14.  Page 4, line 12, after <record> by inserting <and associated court records>
   15.  Page 4, line 16, after <record> by inserting <and associated court records>
   16.  Page 4, by striking line 24.
   17.  By striking page 4, line 27, through page 5, line 1.
   18.  Page 5, line 16, after <record> by inserting <and associated court records>
   19.  Page 5, line 22, after <record> by inserting <and associated court records>
   20.  Page 5, after line 22 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 725.1, subsection 1, paragraphs b and c, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   b.  If the person who sells or offers for sale the person’s services as a partner in a sex act is under the age of eighteen, the county attorney may elect, in lieu of filing a petition alleging that the person has committed a delinquent act, to the person shall not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for an offense under this section. A peace officer who encounters a person under the age of eighteen engaged in a violation of this section may take custody of the person under section 232.78 or 232.79. The peace officer shall refer that the person to the department of human services for the possible filing of a petition alleging that the person is a child in need of assistance.
   c.  If the a person who sells or offers for sale the person’s services as a partner in a sex act is under the age of eighteen has been convicted of a violation under paragraph “a”, upon the expiration of two years following the person’s conviction for a that violation of paragraph “a” or of a violation of a similar local ordinance, the person may petition the court to expunge the conviction, and if the person has had no other criminal convictions, other than local traffic violations or simple misdemeanor violations of chapter 321 during the two-year period, the conviction shall be expunged as a matter of law. The court shall enter an order that the record of the conviction be expunged by the clerk of the district court. Notwithstanding section 692.2, after receipt of notice from the clerk of the district court that a record of conviction for a violation of paragraph “a” has been expunged, the record of conviction shall be removed from the criminal history data files maintained by the department of public safety.>
   21.  Title page, line 2, after <trafficking,> by inserting <child abuse and minors engaged in prostitution,>
   22.  By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.

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HOLT of Crawford