Senate File 176 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KETTERING


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to placement of juveniles on the sex offender
  2    registry.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2131SS 82
  5 jm/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 692A.2, subsection 6, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    6.  A person is not required to register while
  1  4 incarcerated, in foster care, or in a residential treatment
  1  5 program.  A person who is convicted, as defined in section
  1  6 692A.1, of a criminal offense against a minor, sexual
  1  7 exploitation, a sexually violent offense, or an other relevant
  1  8 offense as a result of adjudication of delinquency in juvenile
  1  9 court shall be required to register as required in this
  1 10 chapter unless the juvenile court finds makes specific
  1 11 findings of fact expressly stated in the record that the
  1 12 person should not be required to register under this chapter
  1 13 or, alternatively, after making specific findings, the
  1 14 juvenile court may require the person to register for less
  1 15 than the time period required in this section.  If a juvenile
  1 16 is required to register and the court later modifies the order
  1 17 regarding the requirement to register or period required to
  1 18 register, the court shall immediately notify the department.
  1 19 Convictions of more than one offense which require
  1 20 registration under this chapter but which are prosecuted
  1 21 within a single indictment shall be considered as a single
  1 22 offense for purposes of registration.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to placement of juveniles on the sex
  1 25 offender registry.
  1 26    The bill provides that a juvenile adjudicated delinquent
  1 27 for a criminal offense against a minor, sexual exploitation,
  1 28 sexually violent offense, or an other relevant offense shall
  1 29 be required to register as a sex offender unless the juvenile
  1 30 court makes specific findings of fact expressly stated in the
  1 31 record that the juvenile is not required to register as a sex
  1 32 offender or, alternatively, the court may require the person
  1 33 to register for less than the time period required.
  1 34    Current law provides that if the court finds the juvenile
  1 35 should not be required to register, then the juvenile is
  2  1 exempt from registering as a sex offender.
  2  2 LSB 2131SS 82
  2  3 jm:nh/je/5.1