House Study Bill 675 SENATE/HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BILL) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to sexual misconduct with a juvenile, and 2 providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5346DP 82 5 jm/rj/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 709.16, subsection 2, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. An officer, employee, contractor, vendor, volunteer, or 1 4 agent of a juvenile placement facility who engages in a sex 1 5 act with a juvenile placed at such facility commitsan 1 6 aggravated misdemeanora class "C" felony. 1 7 For purposes of this subsection, a "juvenile placement 1 8 facility" means any of the following: 1 9 a. A child foster care facility licensed under section 1 10 237.4. 1 11 b. Institutions controlled by the department of human 1 12 services listed in section 218.1. 1 13 c. Juvenile detention and juvenile shelter care homes 1 14 approved under section 232.142. 1 15 d. Psychiatric medical institutions for children licensed 1 16 under chapter 135H. 1 17 e. Substance abuse facilities as defined in section 125.2. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill relates to sexual misconduct with a juvenile. 1 20 The bill increases the penalty from an aggravated 1 21 misdemeanor to a class "C" felony, for an officer, employee, 1 22 contractor, vendor, volunteer, or agent of a juvenile 1 23 placement facility who engages in a sex act with a juvenile 1 24 placed at such a facility. A "juvenile placement facility" is 1 25 defined in Code section 709.16(2). 1 26 The term "sex act" is defined in Code section 702.17. 1 27 A class "C" felony is punishable by confinement for no more 1 28 than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,000 but not more than 1 29 $10,000. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by 1 30 confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least 1 31 $625 but not more than $6,250. 1 32 LSB 5346DP 82 1 33 jm/rj/8.1