House File 546 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  KELLEY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the penalties for sexually related criminal
  2    offenses committed against a minor.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2225HH 83
  5 jm/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 709.8, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Any person who violates a provision of this section
  1  4 involving an act included in subsection 1 or 2 shall, upon
  1  5 conviction, be guilty of a class "C" felony.  Any person who
  1  6 violates a provision of this section involving an act included
  1  7 in subsection 3 or 4 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
  1  8 class "D" felony.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 709.11, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1 10 follows:
  1 11    709.11  ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT SEXUAL ABUSE.
  1 12    Any person who commits an assault, as defined in section
  1 13 708.1, with the intent to commit sexual abuse is guilty of a
  1 14 class "C" "B" felony if the person thereby causes serious
  1 15 injury to any person and guilty of a class "D" "C" felony if
  1 16 the person thereby causes any person a bodily injury other
  1 17 than a serious injury.  The person is guilty of an aggravated
  1 18 misdemeanor a class "D" felony if no injury results.
  1 19    Sec. 3.  Section 709.12, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2009,
  1 20 is amended to read as follows:
  1 21    A person eighteen years of age or older is upon conviction
  1 22 guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor a class "D" felony if the
  1 23 person commits any of the following acts with a child, not the
  1 24 person's spouse, with or without the child's consent, for the
  1 25 purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of either
  1 26 of them:
  1 27    Sec. 4.  Section 709.14, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1 28 follows:
  1 29    709.14  LASCIVIOUS CONDUCT WITH A MINOR.
  1 30    1.  It is unlawful for a person over eighteen years of age
  1 31 who is in a position of authority over a minor to force,
  1 32 persuade, or coerce a minor, with or without consent, to
  1 33 disrobe or partially disrobe for the purpose of arousing or
  1 34 satisfying the sexual desires of either of them.
  1 35    2.  Lascivious conduct with a minor is a serious
  2  1 misdemeanor class "D" felony.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill relates to sexual criminal offenses committed
  2  4 against a minor.
  2  5    The bill increases the criminal penalty from a class "D"
  2  6 felony to a class "C" felony for lascivious acts with a child
  2  7 involving solicitation of a child to engage in a sex act or
  2  8 the infliction of pain or discomfort upon a child.
  2  9    The bill increases the criminal penalty for an assault with
  2 10 the intent to commit sexual abuse.  The bill increases the
  2 11 penalty from a class "C" felony to a class "B" felony if such
  2 12 an assault causes serious injury.  The bill increases the
  2 13 penalty from a class "D" felony to a class "C" felony if such
  2 14 an assault causes bodily injury.  The bill increases the
  2 15 penalty from an aggravated misdemeanor to a class "D" felony
  2 16 if such an assault does not cause injury.
  2 17    The bill increases the criminal penalty for indecent
  2 18 contact with a child from an aggravated misdemeanor to a class
  2 19 "D" felony.
  2 20    The bill increases the criminal penalty for lascivious
  2 21 conduct with a minor from a serious misdemeanor to a class "D"
  2 22 felony.
  2 23 LSB 2225HH 83
  2 24 jm/rj/8