House File 2105 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HOGG Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to restricting the presence of a registered sex 2 offender at a child care facility or child care home, and 3 providing a penalty. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5306HH 81 6 jm/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 237A.31 SEX OFFENDER == 1 2 RESTRICTED PRESENCE. 1 3 A person required to register as a sex offender under 1 4 chapter 692A shall not be present at a child care facility or 1 5 child care home unless the person is a parent or guardian of a 1 6 child being supervised at the facility or home, and is in the 1 7 process of directly attending to the child's needs while at 1 8 the facility or home, or is in the process of dropping off or 1 9 picking up the child. A person who violates this section 1 10 commits a serious misdemeanor. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 This bill restricts the presence of a registered sex 1 13 offender at a child care facility or child care home. 1 14 The bill provides that a person required to register as a 1 15 sex offender shall not be present at a licensed or registered 1 16 child care facility or unregistered child care home unless the 1 17 person is a parent or guardian of a child being supervised at 1 18 the facility or home, and is in the process of attending to 1 19 the child's needs while at the facility or home, or is in the 1 20 process of dropping off or picking up the child. 1 21 A "child care facility" means a child care center, 1 22 preschool, or registered child development home. A "child 1 23 care home" means a person or program providing child care to 1 24 five or fewer children at any one time that is not registered 1 25 to provide child care under Code chapter 237A. 1 26 A person who violates the bill commits a serious 1 27 misdemeanor. 1 28 A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no 1 29 more than one year and a fine of at least $250 but not more 1 30 than $1,500. 1 31 LSB 5306HH 81 1 32 jm:rj/je/5.1