House File 368 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 368 BY KURTH , B. MEYER , GASKILL , HUNTER , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , McCONKEY , GAINES , EHLERT , JACOBY , OLSON , KRESSIG , MASCHER , KACENA , WOLFE , BENNETT , WILLIAMS , OLDSON , STECKMAN , THEDE , BROWN-POWERS , and PRICHARD A BILL FOR An Act relating to underage prostitution. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2428YH (3) 88 as/rh
H.F. 368 Section 1. Section 725.1, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 2019, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. If the person who sells or offers for sale the person’s 3 services as a partner in a sex act is under the age of eighteen, 4 the county attorney may shall elect, in lieu of filing a 5 petition alleging that the person has committed a delinquent 6 act, to refer that person to the department of human services 7 for the possible filing of a petition alleging that the person 8 is a child in need of assistance. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill relates to underage prostitution. 13 The bill requires a county attorney to refer a person 14 under the age of 18 who sells or offers for sale the person’s 15 services as a partner in a sex act to the department of human 16 services for the possible filing of a petition alleging that 17 the person is a child in need of assistance in lieu of filing a 18 delinquency petition against the child. 19 -1- LSB 2428YH (3) 88 as/rh 1/ 1