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2542
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
HABITUAL
OFFENDERS,
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
902.8,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
902.8
Minimum
sentence
——
habitual
offender.
An
A
habitual
offender
is
any
person
convicted
of
a
class
“C”
or
a
class
“D”
felony,
who
has
twice
before
been
convicted
of
any
felony
in
a
court
of
this
or
any
other
state,
or
of
the
United
States.
An
offense
is
a
felony
if,
by
the
law
under
which
the
person
is
convicted,
it
is
so
classified
at
the
time
of
the
person’s
conviction.
A
person
convicted
of
a
third
qualifying
felony
shall
be
sentenced
as
a
habitual
offender
and
shall
serve
a
minimum
of
seven
years
of
the
sentence
imposed
by
law.
A
person
sentenced
as
an
a
habitual
offender
shall
not
be
eligible
for
parole
until
the
person
has
served
the
minimum
sentence
of
confinement
of
three
seven
years.
Earned
time
accrued
pursuant
to
chapter
903A
shall
not
reduce
the
minimum
sentence
of
confinement
of
seven
years.
Sec.
2.
Section
902.9,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
An
A
habitual
offender
shall
be
confined
for
no
more
than
fifteen
twenty
years.
Sec.
3.
Section
907.2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
House
File
2542,
p.
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
Probation
officers
shall
report
probation
violations
to
the
proper
authorities.
Sec.
4.
Section
907.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(10)
An
offense
qualifying
the
defendant
as
a
habitual
offender
under
section
902.8.
Sec.
5.
Section
907.3,
subsection
3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
i.
A
sentence
imposed
pursuant
to
section
902.8.
______________________________
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
2542,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor