House
Study
Bill
523
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
criminal
offense
of
indecent
exposure
1
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
709.9,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
709.9
Indecent
exposure.
3
A
person
who
exposes
the
person’s
genitals
or
pubes
to
4
another
not
the
person’s
spouse,
or
who
commits
a
sex
act
in
5
the
presence
of
or
view
of
a
third
person,
or
who
touches
6
the
person’s
genitals
outside
of
or
underneath
the
person’s
7
clothing,
commits
a
serious
misdemeanor,
if
all
of
the
8
following
apply
:
9
1.
The
person
does
so
to
arouse
or
satisfy
the
sexual
10
desires
of
either
party;
and
party.
11
2.
The
person
knows
or
reasonably
should
know
that
the
act
12
is
offensive
to
the
viewer
or
the
viewer
was
a
child
at
the
time
13
of
the
act
.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
expands
the
criminal
offense
of
indecent
exposure
18
(Code
section
709.9)
to
include
a
person
who
touches
the
19
person’s
genitals
outside
of
or
underneath
the
person’s
20
clothing,
if
the
person
does
so
to
arouse
or
satisfy
the
sexual
21
desires
of
either
party
and
the
person
knows
or
reasonably
22
should
know
that
the
act
is
offensive
to
the
viewer
or
the
23
viewer
was
a
child
at
the
time
of
the
act.
24
A
person
who
violates
Code
section
709.9
commits
a
25
serious
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
26
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
of
at
least
27
$315
but
not
more
than
$1,875.
28
A
person
convicted
pursuant
to
this
section
is
required
to
29
register
as
a
sex
offender.
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