House File 621 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY SCHULTE Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing the court to order a person charged with or 2 convicted of a violation of a no=contact order or a protective 3 order in domestic abuse cases to be supervised by an 4 electronic tracking and monitoring system. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 2207YH 83 7 rh/rj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 664A.7A ELECTRONIC MONITORING. 1 2 A person charged with or convicted of a violation of a 1 3 no=contact order entered for the offense or alleged offense of 1 4 domestic abuse assault in violation of section 708.2A, or of a 1 5 violation of a protective order issued pursuant to chapter 1 6 236, may be ordered by the court, as a condition of bail, 1 7 probation, parole, or work release, to be supervised by an 1 8 electronic tracking and monitoring system that does all of the 1 9 following: 1 10 1. Immediately notifies law enforcement or other monitors 1 11 of any breach of a court=ordered restriction to remain within 1 12 certain physical boundaries. 1 13 2. Notifies the victim in near=real time of any breach. 1 14 3. Allows monitors to speak to the offender through a 1 15 cellular telephone implanted in the bracelet device. 1 16 4. Has a loud alarm that can be activated to warn the 1 17 potential victim of the person's presence in a forbidden area. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill provides that a person charged with or convicted 1 20 of a violation of a no=contact order entered for the offense 1 21 or alleged offense of domestic abuse assault in violation of 1 22 Code section 708.2A, or of a violation of a protective order 1 23 issued pursuant to Code chapter 236, may be ordered by the 1 24 court, as a condition of bail, probation, parole, or work 1 25 release, to be supervised by an electronic tracking and 1 26 monitoring system that immediately notifies law enforcement or 1 27 other monitors of any breach of a court=ordered restriction to 1 28 remain within certain physical boundaries, notifies the victim 1 29 in near=real time of any breach, allows monitors to speak to 1 30 the offender through a cellular telephone implanted in the 1 31 bracelet device, and that has a loud alarm that can be 1 32 activated to warn the potential victim of the person's 1 33 presence in a forbidden area. 1 34 LSB 2207YH 83 1 35 rh/rj/5