HSB 27 (LSB 1175YC (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BALTIMORE)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the criminal offense of interference with official acts, and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 719.1, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  A person under the custody, control, or supervision of the department of corrections, a county jail, or a municipal holding facility, commits interference with official acts when the person knowingly resists, obstructs, or interferes with a correctional officer, jailer, agent, employee, or contractor, whether paid or volunteer, in the performance of the person’s official duties.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to interference with official acts.
   Under the bill, a person under the custody, control, or supervision of a county jail or municipal holding facility who knowingly resists, obstructs, or interferes with a jailer, agent, employee, or contractor in the performance of the official duties of the jailer, agent, employee, or contractor commits interference with official acts.
   The criminal offense for the commission of interference with official acts pursuant to the bill ranges from a serious misdemeanor through a class “C” felony depending upon the facts of the offense under Code section 719.1(2).
   A person who assaults a jailer may also be punished pursuant to the existing provisions of Code section 708.3A.