House File 2444 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2444 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 661) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the crime of disorderly conduct and making 1 penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5879HV (1) 88 hf/rh

H.F. 2444 Section 1. Section 723.4, subsection 2, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Makes loud and raucous noise in the vicinity of any 3 residence or public building which intentionally or recklessly 4 causes unreasonable distress to the occupants thereof. 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 Under current law, a person engages in disorderly conduct 9 when the person makes loud and raucous noise in the vicinity 10 of any residence or public building which causes unreasonable 11 distress to the occupants thereof. This bill requires a person 12 to intentionally or recklessly cause unreasonable distress when 13 the person engages in loud and raucous noise in the vicinity of 14 any residence or public building. 15 A person who violates this provision commits a simple 16 misdemeanor, punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days 17 or a fine of at least $65 but more than $625 or both. 18 -1- LSB 5879HV (1) 88 hf/rh 1/ 1