House File 196 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SCHUELLER, PETTENGILL,
                                           and KELLEY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to abuse of a human corpse and providing
  2    penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1174HH 82
  5 jm/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 709.18, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    709.18  ABUSE OF A CORPSE.
  1  4    1.  A person commits abuse of a human corpse if the person
  1  5 knowingly and intentionally engages in a sex act, as defined
  1  6 in section 702.17, with a human corpse.  Abuse of a human
  1  7 corpse is a class "D" felony.
  1  8    2.  A person commits abuse of a human corpse if the person
  1  9 mutilates, disfigures, or dismembers a human corpse with the
  1 10 intent to conceal a crime.
  1 11    3.  A person commits abuse of a human corpse if the person
  1 12 hides or buries a human corpse with the intent to conceal a
  1 13 crime.
  1 14    4.  A person who violates this section commits a class "D"
  1 15 felony.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill relates to abuse of a human corpse.
  1 18    The bill provides that a person shall not mutilate,
  1 19 disfigure, dismember, hide, or bury a human corpse with the
  1 20 intent to conceal a crime.  A person who violates the bill
  1 21 commits a class "D" felony.
  1 22    Current law only prohibits a person from knowingly engaging
  1 23 in a sex act with a human corpse.
  1 24    A class "D" felony is punishable by confinement for no more
  1 25 than five years and a fine of at least $750, but not more than
  1 26 $7,500.
  1 27 LSB 1174HH 82
  1 28 jm:nh/je/5