House File 281 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 281 BY JONES A BILL FOR An Act relating to the criminal offense of invasion of privacy, 1 and providing penalties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2304YH (2) 87 jm/rj

H.F. 281 Section 1. Section 709.21, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. The other person does not have knowledge about and 3 does not consent or is unable to consent to being viewed, 4 photographed, or filmed. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill relates to the criminal offense of invasion of 9 privacy. 10 The bill strikes, as an element of the offense, the 11 requirement that the victim of an invasion of privacy offense 12 does not have knowledge about being viewed, photographed, or 13 filmed, while in a state of full or partial nudity, and with a 14 reasonable expectation of privacy. 15 A person who commits invasion of privacy commits an 16 aggravated misdemeanor and is required to register as a sex 17 offender. A person who commits invasion of privacy is also 18 subject to a 10-year special sentence under Code section 19 903B.2. 20 -1- LSB 2304YH (2) 87 jm/rj 1/ 1