HF 181 (LSB 2007YH (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 181

BY  HEARTSILL

A BILL FOR

An Act increasing the penalty for invasion of privacy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 709.21, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A person who violates this section commits a serious an aggravated misdemeanor.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill increases the penalty for the crime of invasion of privacy.
   Under Code section 709.21, a person commits invasion of privacy if the person knowingly views, photographs, or films another person for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person, and the other person does not have knowledge about and does not consent or is unable to consent to being viewed, photographed, or filmed, is in a state of full or partial nudity, and has a reasonable expectation of privacy while in a state of full or partial nudity.
   Under current law, a person who commits invasion of privacy commits a serious misdemeanor. Under Code section 903.1, a person who commits a serious misdemeanor shall be fined between $315 and $1,625 and may be imprisoned for a period to exceed one year.
   The bill amends current law to provide that a person who commits invasion of privacy commits an aggravated misdemeanor. Under Code section 903.1, a person who commits an aggravated misdemeanor shall be fined between $625 and $6,250 and shall be imprisoned for a period not to exceed two years.