House
File
710
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Enrolled
House
File
710
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CHILD
ENDANGERMENT
COMMITTED
BY
A
SEX
OFFENDER,
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
726.6,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
A
person
who
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
offender
under
chapter
692A
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
knowingly
has
control
of
a
minor,
or
who
knowingly
has
unsupervised
access
to
a
minor,
commits
child
endangerment.
However,
this
subsection
does
not
apply
to
any
of
the
following:
a.
A
person
who
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
offender
under
chapter
692A
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
knowingly
has
control
of
a
minor,
or
who
knowingly
has
unsupervised
access
to
a
minor,
when
the
person
is
the
legal
parent
or
guardian
of
the
minor
and
the
control
or
unsupervised
access
is
not
otherwise
illegal.
b.
A
person
who
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
offender
under
chapter
692A
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
knowingly
has
control
of
a
minor,
or
who
knowingly
has
unsupervised
access
to
a
minor,
when
the
person
is
married
to
and
living
with
the
legal
parent
or
guardian
of
the
minor
and
the
control
or
unsupervised
access
is
not
otherwise
illegal.
Sec.
2.
Section
726.6,
subsection
6,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
House
File
710,
p.
2
6.
A
person
who
commits
child
endangerment
resulting
in
bodily
injury
to
a
child
or
minor
or
child
endangerment
in
violation
of
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“g”
,
that
does
not
result
in
a
serious
injury,
or
a
person
who
commits
child
endangerment
in
violation
of
subsection
1A,
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
710,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor