Senate
Study
Bill
3025
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
sexual
misconduct
committed
by
agents
and
1
employees
of
the
department
of
corrections
and
judicial
2
district
departments
of
correctional
services,
and
providing
3
a
penalty.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
709.16,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
An
officer,
employee,
contractor,
vendor,
volunteer,
3
or
agent
of
the
department
of
corrections,
or
an
officer,
4
employee,
or
agent
of
a
judicial
district
department
of
5
correctional
services,
who
engages
in
a
sex
act
with
an
6
individual
committed
to
the
custody
of
the
department
of
7
corrections
or
a
judicial
district
department
of
correctional
8
services
commits
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
a
class
“D”
felony
.
9
EXPLANATION
10
This
bill
relates
to
sexual
misconduct
committed
by
11
employees
and
agents
of
the
department
of
corrections
and
12
judicial
district
departments
of
correctional
services.
13
The
bill
increases
the
criminal
penalty
for
an
officer,
14
employee,
contractor,
vendor,
volunteer,
or
agent
of
the
15
department
of
corrections
who
engages
in
a
sex
act
with
16
an
inmate
committed
to
the
custody
of
the
department
of
17
corrections
from
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
to
a
class
“D”
18
felony.
19
The
bill
also
increases
the
criminal
penalty
for
such
an
20
act
by
an
officer,
employee,
or
agent
of
a
judicial
district
21
department
of
correctional
services
with
a
person
in
the
22
custody
of
the
judicial
district
from
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
23
to
a
class
“D”
felony.
24
The
bill
does
not
increase
the
criminal
penalties
for
sexual
25
misconduct
committed
by
the
personnel
or
agents
of
a
juvenile
26
placement
agency
or
county
jail.
27
The
bill
also
does
not
modify
the
requirement
that
a
person
28
convicted
of
sexual
misconduct
shall
register
as
a
sex
offender
29
and
is
subject
to
a
special
sentence
pursuant
to
Code
section
30
903B.2.
31
An
aggravated
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
32
no
more
than
two
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$625
but
not
more
33
than
$6,250.
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
by
confinement
34
for
no
more
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$750
but
not
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more
than
$7,500.
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