House File 2502 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  McCARTHY


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the public exposure of certain body parts of a
  2    person, and providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6374HH 81
  5 jm/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  723.5  PUBLIC EXPOSURE.
  1  2    1.  A person shall not expose the following parts of the
  1  3 person's body to another person in a public place or in a
  1  4 place that can be seen by another person in a public place:
  1  5    a.  The person's genitals, pubes, perineum, or anus.
  1  6    b.  If the person is female, the person's nipple or areola.
  1  7    2.  Subsection 1, paragraph "b", does not apply to a woman
  1  8 breast=feeding the woman's own child in any place where the
  1  9 woman's presence is otherwise authorized.
  1 10    3.  This section does not apply to the public exposure of a
  1 11 prepubescent minor's body parts.
  1 12    4.  This section does not apply to minimal exposures when
  1 13 using a public restroom, locker room, or in other places where
  1 14 the exposure of body parts listed in subsection 1 may lawfully
  1 15 occur, including a theater, concert hall, art center, museum,
  1 16 or similar establishment which is primarily devoted to the
  1 17 arts or theatrical performances and in which any of the
  1 18 circumstances contained in this section are permitted or
  1 19 allowed as part of such art exhibits or performances.
  1 20    5.  A person who violates this section commits a serious
  1 21 misdemeanor.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill relates to the public exposure of certain body
  1 24 parts of a person.
  1 25    The bill provides that a person shall not expose the
  1 26 person's genitals, pubes, perineum, or anus to another person
  1 27 in a public place or from a place where another person in a
  1 28 public place can view the exposure.  The bill also prohibits
  1 29 the public exposure of a female nipple or areola except when
  1 30 breast=feeding.
  1 31    The bill does not apply to public exposures by prepubescent
  1 32 minors.  The bill also does not apply to minimal public
  1 33 exposures in a restroom, locker room, or in other places where
  1 34 the exposure of body parts may lawfully occur, including a
  1 35 theater, concert hall, art center, museum, or similar
  2  1 establishment which is primarily devoted to the arts or
  2  2 theatrical performances and in which any of the circumstances
  2  3 contained in this section are permitted or allowed as part of
  2  4 such art exhibits or performances.
  2  5    A person who violates the bill commits a serious
  2  6 misdemeanor.
  2  7 LSB 6374HH 81
  2  8 jm:nh/je/5