House
File
2602
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Enrolled
House
File
2602
AN
ACT
ESTABLISHING
A
CRIMINAL
OFFENSE
OF
GROOMING
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
709.8A
Grooming.
1.
A
person
commits
grooming
when
the
person
knowingly
performs
an
act
in
person
or
by
conduct
through
a
third
party,
uses
a
computer,
internet
service,
or
any
other
electronic
storage
or
transmission
device,
or
uses
written
communication
to
seduce,
solicit,
lure,
or
entice,
or
attempt
to
seduce,
solicit,
lure,
or
entice,
a
child
or
a
person
believed
to
be
a
child
to
commit
any
unlawful
sex
act
or
to
otherwise
engage
in
House
File
2602,
p.
2
unlawful
sexual
conduct.
As
used
in
this
section,
“child”
means
a
person
under
eighteen
years
of
age.
2.
Grooming
is
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
2602,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor