Senate
File
450
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Enrolled
Senate
File
450
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
DEATH
OF
A
DEPENDENT
ADULT,
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
235B.20,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
A
caretaker
who
intentionally
or
recklessly
commits
dependent
adult
abuse
on
a
dependent
adult
in
violation
of
this
chapter
which
resulted
in
the
death
of
the
dependent
adult
is
guilty
of
murder
in
the
second
degree
in
violation
of
section
707.3.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
450,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor