House
Study
Bill
11
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
defense
of
justification
for
certain
1
violent
crimes.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
704.6,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
One
who
is
the
subject
of
a
nonviolent
3
sexual
advance
who
commits
a
violent
crime,
as
defined
in
4
section
915.10,
upon
another
person
as
the
result
of
the
5
person’s
discovery
of,
knowledge
about,
or
potential
disclosure
6
of
the
victim’s
sex,
sexual
orientation,
or
gender
identity.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
specifies
that
a
defense
of
justification
is
not
11
available
when
a
person
who
is
the
subject
of
a
nonviolent
12
sexual
advance
commits
a
violent
crime
upon
another
person
as
13
the
result
of
that
sexual
advance
or
solely
as
a
result
of
the
14
person’s
discovery
of,
knowledge
about,
or
potential
disclosure
15
of
the
victim’s
sex,
sexual
orientation,
or
gender
identity.
16
Code
section
915.10
defines
“violent
crime”
as
a
forcible
17
felony,
as
defined
in
Code
section
702.11,
and
includes
any
18
other
felony
or
aggravated
misdemeanor
which
involved
the
19
actual
or
threatened
infliction
of
physical
or
emotional
injury
20
on
one
or
more
persons.
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