Senate File 2349 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2111) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing grounds for termination of parental rights under 2 certain circumstances for parents convicted of certain 3 felonies. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5351SV 81 6 jp/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.116, subsection 1, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. o. The parent has been imprisoned for a 1 4 felony crime against a person including but not limited to a 1 5 sexual offense or a drug=related offense, and the parent will 1 6 not be released from prison for a period of five years or 1 7 more. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 600A.8, Code Supplement 2005, is amended 1 9 by adding the following new subsection: 1 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. The parent has been imprisoned for a 1 11 felony crime against a person including but not limited to a 1 12 sexual offense or a drug=related offense, and the parent will 1 13 not be released from prison for a period of five years or 1 14 more. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill provides grounds for termination of parental 1 17 rights under Code chapter 232, the juvenile justice code, and 1 18 Code chapter 600A, relating to termination of parental rights, 1 19 for a parent who is imprisoned for a felony crime against a 1 20 person including but not limited to a sexual offense or a 1 21 drug=related offense, and the parent will not be released from 1 22 prison for a period of five years or more. 1 23 LSB 5351SV 81 1 24 jp:nh/sh/8