Senate File 2382 - Enrolled Senate File 2382 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH AN INDIVIDUAL SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. NEW SECTION . 709.4A Sexual activity with a person sixteen or seventeen years of age. A person who engages in sexual activity with another person who is sixteen or seventeen years of age is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor if the other person is not at the time cohabiting with the person as the person’s spouse and the person is twenty-seven years of age or older. Sec. 2. Section 903B.2, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 903B.2 Special sentence —— class “D” felonies or misdemeanors. A person convicted of a misdemeanor or a class “D” felony offense under chapter 709 , except for a conviction under section 709.4A, section 726.2 , or section 728.12 shall also be sentenced, in addition to any other punishment provided by law, to a special sentence committing the person into the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for a period of ten years, with eligibility for parole as provided in chapter 906 . The board of parole shall determine whether the person should be released on parole or placed in a work release program. The special sentence imposed under this section shall commence upon completion of the sentence imposed under any
Senate File 2382, p. 2 applicable criminal sentencing provisions for the underlying criminal offense and the person shall begin the sentence under supervision as if on parole or work release. The person shall be placed on the corrections continuum in chapter 901B , and the terms and conditions of the special sentence, including violations, shall be subject to the same set of procedures set out in chapters 901B , 905 , 906 , and 908 , and rules adopted under those chapters for persons on parole or work release. The revocation of release shall not be for a period greater than two years upon any first revocation, and five years upon any second or subsequent revocation. A special sentence shall be considered a category “A” sentence for purposes of calculating earned time under section 903A.2 .