Senate
File
2199
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2199
BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
the
periods
of
time
to
bring
criminal
actions
1
for
sexual
abuse
offenses
against
a
minor,
providing
2
penalties,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
802.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2018,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
An
information
or
indictment
for
sexual
abuse
in
the
3
first,
second,
or
third
degree
committed
on
or
with
a
person
4
who
is
under
the
age
of
eighteen
years
shall
be
found
within
5
ten
years
after
the
person
upon
whom
the
offense
is
committed
6
attains
eighteen
years
of
age,
or
if
the
person
against
whom
7
the
information
or
indictment
is
sought
is
identified
through
8
the
use
of
a
DNA
profile,
an
information
or
indictment
shall
9
be
found
within
three
years
from
the
date
the
person
is
10
identified
by
the
person’s
DNA
profile,
whichever
is
later
may
11
be
commenced
at
any
time
after
the
commission
of
the
offense
.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
802.10,
subsection
3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
3.
However,
notwithstanding
subsection
2
,
an
indictment
15
or
information
shall
be
found
against
a
person
within
three
16
years
from
the
date
the
person
is
identified
by
the
person’s
17
DNA
profile.
If
the
action
involves
sexual
abuse
of
a
person
18
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older
,
another
sexual
offense,
19
kidnapping,
or
human
trafficking,
the
indictment
or
information
20
shall
be
found
as
provided
in
section
802.2
,
subsection
2,
21
802.2B
,
802.2C
,
or
802.2D
,
if
the
person
is
identified
by
the
22
person’s
DNA
profile.
23
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
24
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
modifies
the
periods
of
time
to
bring
criminal
29
actions
for
sexual
abuse
offenses
against
a
minor.
30
The
amendment
to
Code
section
802.2
in
the
bill
provides
31
that
a
criminal
information
or
indictment
for
sexual
abuse
32
in
the
first,
second,
or
third
degree
committed
on
or
with
a
33
person
under
the
age
of
18
may
be
commenced
at
any
time
after
34
the
commission
of
the
offense.
Current
law
specifies
the
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indictment
or
information
for
such
sexual
abuse
offenses
be
1
found
within
10
years
of
the
sexually
abused
person
attaining
2
18
years
of
age
or
within
three
years
after
being
identified
by
3
DNA
evidence,
whichever
is
later.
4
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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