HF 2238 (LSB 5550YH (3) 85)

HOUSE FILE 2238

BY  STECKMAN, MURPHY, PRICHARD, STAED, STUTSMAN, LENSING, HANSON, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, H. MILLER, DAWSON, KOESTER, MASCHER, WOOD, MUHLBAUER, COHOON, ABDUL-SAMAD, WOLFE, BEARINGER, OURTH, KEARNS, ANDERSON, HEDDENS, LYKAM, M. SMITH, RIDING, WINCKLER, JACOBY, DUNKEL, OLDSON, KAJTAZOVIC, THEDE, LUNDBY, GASKILL, and GAINES

A BILL FOR

An Act including children who have been subjected to human trafficking in child in need of assistance provisions under the juvenile justice code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 232.2, subsection 6, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  r.  Who has been subjected to human trafficking as defined in section 710A.1.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill includes children who have been subjected to human trafficking as defined in Code section 710A.1 in child in need of assistance provisions under the juvenile justice code. 
   The bill amends the definition of child in need of assistance in Code section 232.2 to include such children.
   Code section 710A.1 defines the term “human trafficking” to mean participating in a venture to recruit, harbor, transport, supply provisions, or obtain a person for any of the following purposes: forced labor or service that results in involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery or commercial sexual activity through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, except that if the trafficked person is under the age of 18, the commercial sexual activity need not involve force, fraud, or coercion. The term also means knowingly purchasing or attempting to purchase services involving commercial sexual activity from a victim or another person engaged in human trafficking.
   The Code section 232.2 definition is applied by the juvenile court, department of human services, and others engaged in the protection of children under the juvenile justice code.