House
File
2133
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2133
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
503)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
criminal
offense
of
interference
with
1
official
acts,
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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H.F.
2133
Section
1.
Section
719.1,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
A
person
under
the
custody,
control,
or
supervision
of
3
the
department
of
corrections
,
a
county
jail,
or
a
municipal
4
holding
facility,
commits
interference
with
official
acts
when
5
the
person
knowingly
resists,
obstructs,
or
interferes
with
a
6
correctional
officer,
jailer,
agent,
employee,
or
contractor,
7
whether
paid
or
volunteer,
in
the
performance
of
the
person’s
8
official
duties.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
relates
to
interference
with
official
acts.
13
Under
the
bill,
a
person
under
the
custody,
control,
or
14
supervision
of
a
county
jail
or
municipal
holding
facility
who
15
knowingly
resists,
obstructs,
or
interferes
with
a
jailer,
16
agent,
employee,
or
contractor
in
the
performance
of
the
17
official
duties
of
the
jailer,
agent,
employee,
or
contractor
18
commits
interference
with
official
acts.
19
The
criminal
offense
for
the
commission
of
interference
20
with
official
acts
pursuant
to
the
bill
ranges
from
a
serious
21
misdemeanor
through
a
class
“C”
felony
depending
upon
the
facts
22
of
the
offense
under
Code
section
719.1(2).
23
A
person
who
assaults
a
jailer
may
also
be
punished
pursuant
24
to
the
existing
provisions
of
Code
section
708.3A.
25
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