Senate File 2240 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2103) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to disorderly conduct committed near a military 2 funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial, and 3 providing penalties. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5681SV 81 6 jm/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 723.5 DISORDERLY CONDUCT == 1 2 MILITARY FUNERAL OR MEMORIAL SERVICE. 1 3 1. A person shall not do any of the following within three 1 4 hundred feet of the building or other location where a 1 5 military funeral or memorial service is being conducted, or 1 6 within three hundred feet of a military funeral procession or 1 7 burial: 1 8 a. Make loud and raucous noise which causes unreasonable 1 9 distress to the persons attending the funeral or memorial 1 10 service, or participating in the funeral procession. 1 11 b. Direct abusive epithets or make any threatening gesture 1 12 which the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to 1 13 provoke a violent reaction by another. 1 14 c. Disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, 1 15 funeral procession, or burial by conduct intended to disturb 1 16 or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, 1 17 or burial. 1 18 2. This section applies to conduct within thirty minutes 1 19 preceding, during, and within thirty minutes after a military 1 20 funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial. 1 21 3. A person who commits a violation of this section 1 22 commits: 1 23 a. A simple misdemeanor for a first offense. 1 24 b. A serious misdemeanor for a second offense. 1 25 c. A class "D" felony for a third or subsequent offense. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill relates to committing disorderly conduct near a 1 28 military funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or 1 29 burial. 1 30 The bill prohibits a person from making loud and raucous 1 31 noise, directing abusive epithets or making threatening 1 32 gestures, or disturbing or disrupting a military funeral, 1 33 memorial service, funeral procession, or burial. 1 34 The bill applies to conduct within 30 minutes preceding, 1 35 during, and 30 minutes after a military funeral, memorial 2 1 service, funeral procession, or burial. 2 2 Under the bill, a person commits a simple misdemeanor for a 2 3 first offense, a serious misdemeanor for a second offense, and 2 4 a class "D" felony for a third or subsequent offense. 2 5 A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no 2 6 more than 30 days or a fine of at least $50 but not more than 2 7 $500 or by both. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by 2 8 confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least 2 9 $250 but not more than $1,500. A class "D" felony is 2 10 punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a 2 11 fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500. 2 12 LSB 5681SV 81 2 13 jm:nh/sh/8