Senate File 2028 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY McCOY
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the two thousand=foot residency restriction
2 for sex offenders, and providing a penalty.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 692A.2A, Code 2005, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 692A.2A RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS == CHILD CARE FACILITIES,
1 4 AND SCHOOLS, AND ZOOS.
1 5 1. For purposes of this section, "person" means a person
1 6 who has committed a criminal offense against a minor, or an
1 7 offense involving a minor that is an aggravated offense,
1 8 sexually violent offense, or other relevant offense that
1 9 involved a minor.
1 10 2. A person shall not reside within two thousand feet of
1 11 the real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary
1 12 or secondary school, or a child care facility, or an American
1 13 zoo and aquarium association=accredited zoo.
1 14 3. A person who resides within two thousand feet of the
1 15 real property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or
1 16 secondary school, or a child care facility, or an American zoo
1 17 and aquarium association=accredited zoo commits an aggravated
1 18 misdemeanor.
1 19 4. A person residing within two thousand feet of the real
1 20 property comprising a public or nonpublic elementary or
1 21 secondary school, or a child care facility, or an American zoo
1 22 and aquarium association=accredited zoo does not commit a
1 23 violation of this section if any of the following apply:
1 24 a. The person is required to serve a sentence at a jail,
1 25 prison, juvenile facility, or other correctional institution
1 26 or facility.
1 27 b. The person is subject to an order of commitment under
1 28 chapter 229A.
1 29 c. The person has established a residence prior to July 1,
1 30 2002, or a school or child care facility is newly located on
1 31 or after July 1, 2002 near a public or nonpublic elementary or
1 32 secondary school or child care facility.
1 33 d. The person has established a residence prior to July 1,
1 34 2006, near an American zoo and aquarium association=accredited
1 35 zoo.
2 1 e. The person has an established residence prior to a
2 2 public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, child care
2 3 facility, or an American zoo and aquarium
2 4 association=accredited zoo being newly located within two
2 5 thousand feet of the offender's residence.
2 6 d. f. The person is a minor or a ward under a
2 7 guardianship.
2 8 EXPLANATION
2 9 This bill relates to the 2,000=foot residency restriction
2 10 for sex offenders.
2 11 The bill prohibits a sex offender who has committed an
2 12 offense against a minor from residing within 2,000 feet of an
2 13 American zoo and aquarium association=accredited zoo. The
2 14 restriction does not apply to a sex offender who has an
2 15 established residence within 2,000 feet of the zoo prior to
2 16 the effective date of the bill, or of a newly located zoo.
2 17 A person who violates the bill commits an aggravated
2 18 misdemeanor. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by
2 19 confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least
2 20 $500 but not more than $5,000.
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