H-1341

   Amend Senate File 542, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 13, after line 19 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 710A.1, subsection 3, paragraphs a and b, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  Causing or implicitly or explicitly threatening to cause serious physical injury to any person.
   b.  Physically restraining or implicitly or explicitly threatening to physically restrain another person.
   Sec. ___.  Section 710A.1, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (3)  Removal of organs through the use of coercion or intimidation.
   Sec. ___.  Section 710A.1, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  “Involuntary servitude” means a condition of servitude induced by means of any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that if the person did not enter into or continue in such condition, that person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint or the threatened abuse of legal process.
   Sec. ___.  Section 710A.2, subsections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  A person who knowingly engages in human trafficking by causing or implicitly or explicitly 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 implicitly or explicitly threatening to physically restrain another person is guilty of a class “D” “C” 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” “C” 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” “C” 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 government identification of another person is guilty of a class “D” “C” felony, except 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” “C” 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 who knowingly engages in human trafficking by knowingly providing or facilitating the provision of a forged, altered, or fraudulent license purportedly issued pursuant to chapter 152C or 157, or a forged, altered, or fraudulent government identification to another person, to force, coerce, entice, assist, facilitate, or permit the other person to perform labor or services is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor a class “C” felony, except if that other person is under the age of eighteen, the person is guilty of a class “D” “B” felony.
   Sec. ___.  Section 710A.2, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  Consent of the victim is not a defense to a violation of this section.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, after <employment> by inserting <and human trafficking>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SCHEETZ of Linn