House File 2500 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 62)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating the criminal offense of interference with
  2    judicial acts, and providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6574HV 82
  5 jm/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  720.7  INTERFERENCE WITH JUDICIAL
  1  2 ACTS == PENALTY.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section:
  1  4    a.  "Court employee" means the same as defined in section
  1  5 602.1101.
  1  6    b.  "Judicial officer" means the same as defined in section
  1  7 602.1101.
  1  8    c.  "Family member" means a spouse, son, daughter, brother,
  1  9 sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece,
  1 10 father=in=law, mother=in=law, son=in=law, daughter=in=law,
  1 11 brother=in=law, sister=in=law, father, mother, stepfather,
  1 12 stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister,
  1 13 half brother, or half sister.
  1 14    2.  A person who harasses a judicial officer, court
  1 15 employee, or a family member of a judicial officer or a court
  1 16 employee in violation of section 708.7, with the intent to
  1 17 interfere with or improperly influence, or in retaliation for,
  1 18 the official acts of a judicial officer or court employee,
  1 19 commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill creates a criminal offense for interference with
  1 22 judicial acts.
  1 23    Under the bill, a person who harasses a judicial officer,
  1 24 court employee, or a family member of a judicial officer or
  1 25 court employee in violation of Code section 708.7, with the
  1 26 intent to interfere with or improperly influence, or in
  1 27 retaliation for, the official acts of a judicial officer or
  1 28 court employee, commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
  1 29    An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for
  1 30 no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but no more
  1 31 than $6,250.
  1 32 LSB 6574HV 82
  1 33 jm/nh/5