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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
BESTIALITY
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
717C.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
“Sex
act”
means
any
sexual
contact
between
a
person
and
an
animal
by
penetration
of
the
penis
into
the
vagina
or
anus,
contact
between
the
mouth
and
genitalia,
or
by
contact
between
the
genitalia
of
one
and
the
genitalia
or
anus
of
the
other.
of
the
following
conduct
that
is
not
the
practice
of
veterinary
medicine
under
section
169.3,
subsection
13,
an
accepted
animal
husbandry
livestock
management
practice
under
section
169.3,
subsection
1,
an
accepted
practice
related
to
the
insemination
of
animals
for
the
purpose
of
procreation,
or
an
accepted
practice
related
to
conformation
judging:
House
File
2318,
p.
2
(1)
An
act
between
a
person
and
an
animal
involving
physical
contact
between
the
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
anus
of
one
and
the
mouth,
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
anus
of
the
other.
(2)
Any
touching
or
fondling
by
a
person,
either
directly
or
through
clothing,
of
the
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
anus
of
an
animal
or
any
insertion,
however
slight,
of
any
part
of
a
person’s
body
or
any
object
into
the
vaginal
or
anal
opening
of
an
animal
except
for
veterinarian
advised
care
of
the
animal.
(3)
Any
insertion,
however
slight,
of
any
part
of
an
animal’s
body
into
the
vaginal
or
anal
opening
of
a
person.
(4)
Advertising,
offering,
selling,
transferring,
purchasing,
or
otherwise
obtaining
an
animal
with
the
intent
that
the
animal
be
used
for
sexual
contact
in
this
state.
(5)
Organizing,
promoting,
conducting,
or
participating
as
an
observer
of
an
act
involving
conduct
described
in
subparagraph
(1),
(2),
or
(3).
(6)
Knowingly
permits
conduct
described
in
subparagraph
(1),
(2),
or
(3)
to
occur
in
any
premises
under
the
person’s
ownership
or
control.
(7)
Photographing
or
filming
obscene
material,
as
defined
in
section
728.1,
depicting
a
person
engaging
in
conduct
described
in
subparagraph
(1),
(2),
or
(3).
(8)
Distributing,
selling,
publishing,
or
transmitting
obscene
material,
as
defined
in
section
728.1,
depicting
a
person
engaged
in
conduct
described
in
subparagraph
(1),
(2),
or
(3).
(9)
Possessing
with
the
intent
to
distribute,
sell,
publish,
or
transmit
obscene
material,
as
defined
in
section
728.1,
depicting
a
person
engaged
in
conduct
described
in
subparagraph
(1),
(2),
or
(3).
(10)
Forcing,
coercing,
enticing,
or
encouraging
a
minor
to
engage
in
conduct
described
in
subparagraph
(1),
(2),
or
(3).
(11)
Engaging
in
a
sex
act
in
the
presence
of
a
minor.
Sec.
2.
Section
717C.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
a.
A
person
who
performs
a
sex
act
with
an
animal
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
b.
A
person
who
commits
a
second
or
subsequent
violation
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
House
File
2318,
p.
3
c.
A
person
previously
convicted
of
a
violation
of
section
717B.2,
717B.3,
717B.3A,
or
717B.3B
who
commits
a
violation
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2318,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor