House
File
2026
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2026
BY
WOLFE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
modifying
the
sex
offender
registry
1
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
692A.128,
subsection
1,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
A
sex
offender
who
is
on
probation,
parole,
work
release,
3
special
sentence,
or
any
other
type
of
conditional
release
may
4
file
an
application
in
district
court
seeking
to
modify
the
5
registration
requirements
under
this
chapter
.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
692A.128,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
7
paragraph
1,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
An
application
shall
not
be
granted
unless
all
of
the
9
following
apply
applicable
conditions
have
been
met
:
10
Sec.
3.
Section
692A.128,
subsection
2,
paragraph
e,
Code
11
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
e.
The
If
the
sex
offender
is
on
probation,
parole,
work
13
release,
special
sentence,
or
any
other
type
of
conditional
14
release,
the
director
of
the
judicial
district
department
15
of
correctional
services
supervising
the
sex
offender,
or
16
the
director’s
designee,
stipulates
to
the
modification,
17
and
a
certified
copy
of
the
stipulation
is
attached
to
the
18
application.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
the
modification
of
the
sex
offender
23
registry
requirements.
24
The
bill
specifies
that
any
sex
offender
may
file
an
25
application
to
modify
the
registration
requirements
and
strikes
26
a
provision
specifying
that
only
a
sex
offender
on
probation,
27
parole,
work
release,
special
sentence,
or
any
other
type
of
28
conditional
release
may
file
such
an
application.
29
The
bill
continues
to
require
that
the
director
of
the
30
judicial
district
department
of
correctional
services
or
the
31
director’s
designee
must
stipulate
to
such
a
modification
if
32
the
sex
offender
is
on
probation,
parole,
work
release,
special
33
sentence,
or
any
other
type
of
conditional
release.
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