Senate File 2150

                                   SENATE FILE       
                                   BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

                                   (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3084)


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for termination of parental rights of a parent
  2    convicted of felony physical or sexual abuse of a child in the
  3    parent's or child's household.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6309SV 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 600A.8, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  The parent has been convicted of
  1  4 felony physical or sexual abuse of the parent's child, the
  1  5 child's sibling, or any other child in the parent's or child's
  1  6 household.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill amends Code section 600A.8 to provide a new basis
  1  9 for termination of parental rights for a parent who has been
  1 10 convicted of felony physical or sexual abuse of the parent's
  1 11 child, the child's sibling, or any other child in the parent's
  1 12 or child's household.
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