Senate File 369 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1030)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the civil commitment of a sexually violent
  2    predator.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1154SV 81
  5 jm/pj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 229A.2, subsections 4 and 6, Code 2005,
  1  2 are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  "Likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence"
  1  4 means that the person more likely than not will engage in
  1  5 predatory acts of a sexually violent nature.  If a person is
  1  6 not confined at the time that a petition is filed, a person is
  1  7 "likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence" only
  1  8 if the person commits a recent overt act.
  1  9    6.  "Predatory" means acts directed toward a person with
  1 10 whom a relationship contact or interaction has been
  1 11 established or promoted for the primary purpose of
  1 12 victimization.  The contact or interaction is not predatory if
  1 13 the person directing the act and the person to whom the act is
  1 14 directed have had a previous relationship that was primarily
  1 15 established or promoted for some purpose other than
  1 16 victimization.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill relates to the civil commitment of a sexually
  1 19 violent predator.
  1 20    The bill changes the definition of "likely to engage in
  1 21 predatory acts of sexual violence" to mean that a person more
  1 22 likely than not will engage in predatory acts of a sexually
  1 23 violent nature.  The bill changes the definition of
  1 24 "predatory" to mean acts directed toward a person with whom
  1 25 contact or interaction has been established or promoted for
  1 26 the primary purpose of victimization.  However, under the bill
  1 27 the contact or interaction is not predatory if the person
  1 28 directing the act and the person to whom the act is directed
  1 29 have had a previous relationship which was established for a
  1 30 purpose other than victimization.  Current law defines
  1 31 "predatory" to mean acts directed toward a person with whom a
  1 32 relationship has been established or promoted for the primary
  1 33 purpose of victimization.
  1 34 LSB 1154SV 81
  1 35 jm:rj/pj/5