House
File
710
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
710
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
112)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
child
endangerment
committed
by
a
sex
1
offender,
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
726.6,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
A
person
having
control
over
a
child
3
or
a
minor
who
has
been
convicted
of
a
sex
offense
against
4
a
minor,
or
who
knowingly
has
unsupervised
access
to
a
child
5
or
a
minor
after
the
person
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
6
offender
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
under
chapter
692A,
7
commits
child
endangerment.
However,
this
subsection
does
not
8
apply
to
any
of
the
following:
9
a.
A
person
who
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
offender
10
under
chapter
692A
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
11
knowingly
has
control
of
or
unsupervised
access
to
a
child
or
12
a
minor
when
the
person
is
the
legal
parent
or
guardian
of
the
13
child
or
minor
and
the
control
or
unsupervised
access
is
not
14
otherwise
illegal.
15
b.
A
person
who
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
offender
16
under
chapter
692A
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
17
knowingly
has
control
of
or
unsupervised
access
to
a
child
or
a
18
minor
when
the
person
is
married
to
and
living
with
the
legal
19
parent
or
guardian
of
the
child
or
minor
and
the
control
or
20
unsupervised
access
is
not
otherwise
illegal.
21
Sec.
2.
Section
726.6,
subsection
3,
unnumbered
paragraph
22
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
For
the
purposes
of
subsection
subsections
1
and
1A
,
24
“person
having
control
over
a
child
or
a
minor”
means
any
of
the
25
following:
26
Sec.
3.
Section
726.6,
subsection
6,
Code
2021,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
6.
A
person
who
commits
child
endangerment
resulting
in
29
bodily
injury
to
a
child
or
minor
or
child
endangerment
in
30
violation
of
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“g”
,
that
does
not
result
31
in
a
serious
injury,
or
a
person
who
commits
child
endangerment
32
in
violation
of
subsection
1A,
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
child
endangerment
committed
by
a
sex
2
offender.
3
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
having
control
over
a
child
4
or
a
minor
who
has
been
convicted
of
a
sex
offense
against
5
a
minor,
or
who
knowingly
has
unsupervised
access
to
a
child
6
or
a
minor
after
the
person
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
7
offender
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
under
Code
chapter
8
692A,
commits
child
endangerment.
However,
the
bill
does
not
9
apply
to
a
person
who
is
required
to
register
as
a
sex
offender
10
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
knowingly
has
control
11
of
or
unsupervised
access
to
a
child
or
minor
when
the
person
12
is
the
legal
parent
or
guardian
of
the
child
or
minor
and
the
13
control
or
unsupervised
access
is
not
otherwise
illegal.
The
14
bill
also
does
not
apply
to
a
person
required
to
register
as
a
15
sex
offender
for
a
sex
offense
against
a
minor
who
knowingly
16
has
control
of
or
unsupervised
access
to
a
child
or
minor
when
17
the
person
is
married
to
and
living
with
the
legal
parent
or
18
guardian
of
the
child
or
minor
and
the
control
or
unsupervised
19
access
is
not
otherwise
illegal.
“Person
having
control
over
a
20
child
or
a
minor”
means
any
of
the
following:
a
person
who
has
21
accepted,
undertaken,
or
assumed
supervision
of
a
child
or
such
22
a
minor
from
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
child
or
minor;
a
23
person
who
has
undertaken
or
assumed
temporary
supervision
of
a
24
child
or
such
a
minor
without
explicit
consent
from
the
parent
25
or
guardian
of
the
child
or
minor;
or
a
person
who
operates
26
a
motor
vehicle
with
a
child
or
such
a
minor
present
in
the
27
vehicle.
28
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
commits
child
29
endangerment
in
violation
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
30
felony.
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
31
more
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$1,025
but
not
more
32
than
$10,245.
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