House File 2378 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  R. OLSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to residency restrictions for a sex offender.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 6299HH 82
  4 jm/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 692A.2A, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  For purposes of this section, "person" means a person
  1  4 who has committed convicted of a criminal offense against a
  1  5 minor, or an aggravated offense, sexually violent offense, or
  1  6 other relevant offense that involved a minor.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 692A.4A, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1  8 follows:
  1  9    692A.4A  ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
  1 10    A person required to register under this chapter who is
  1 11 placed on probation, parole, work release, special sentence,
  1 12 or any other type of conditional release, may be supervised by
  1 13 an electronic tracking and monitoring system in addition to
  1 14 any other conditions of supervision.  However, if the a person
  1 15 committed convicted of a criminal offense against a minor, or
  1 16 an aggravated offense, sexually violent offense, or other
  1 17 relevant offense that involved a minor, the person shall be
  1 18 supervised for a period of at least five years by an
  1 19 electronic tracking and monitoring system in addition to any
  1 20 other conditions of release.
  1 21    Sec. 3.  Section 692A.13A, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1 22 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 23    The department of corrections, the department of human
  1 24 services, and the department of public safety shall, in
  1 25 consultation with one another, develop methods and procedures
  1 26 for the assessment of the risk to reoffend for persons newly
  1 27 required to register under this chapter on or after July 1,
  1 28 2005, who have committed been convicted of a criminal offense
  1 29 against a minor, or an aggravated offense, sexually violent
  1 30 offense, or other relevant offense that involved a minor.  The
  1 31 department of corrections, in consultation with the department
  1 32 of human services, the department of public safety, and the
  1 33 attorney general, shall adopt rules relating to assessment
  1 34 procedures.  The assessment procedures shall include
  1 35 procedures for the sharing of information between the
  2  1 department of corrections, department of human services, the
  2  2 juvenile court, and the division of criminal investigation of
  2  3 the department of public safety, as well as the communication
  2  4 of the results of the risk assessment to criminal and juvenile
  2  5 justice agencies.  The assignment of responsibility for the
  2  6 assessment of risk shall be as follows:
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8    This bill relates to residency restrictions for a sex
  2  9 offender.
  2 10    The bill modifies Code sections 692A.2A, 692A.4A, and
  2 11 692A.13A by striking the term "committed" and inserting the
  2 12 term "convicted".
  2 13    The term "convicted" is defined in Code section 692A.1.
  2 14 LSB 6299HH 82
  2 15 jm/rj/5