House File 2422 - Enrolled House File 2422 AN ACT RELATING TO THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT IF THE PUBLIC OFFENSE INVOLVES A MURDER, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 703.3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 703.3 Accessory after the fact. Any person having knowledge that a public offense has been committed and that a certain person committed it, and who does not stand in the relation of husband or wife to the person who committed the offense, who harbors, aids , or conceals the person who committed the offense, with the intent to prevent the apprehension of the person who committed the offense, commits an the following: 1. A class ā€œDā€ felony if the public offense was a violation of section 707.2, 707.3, or 707.3A.
House File 2422, p. 2 2. An aggravated misdemeanor if the public offense committed was a felony , or commits a not included in subsection 1. 3. A simple misdemeanor if the public offense was a misdemeanor. ______________________________ 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 2422, Ninetieth General Assembly. ______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor