House Study Bill 706 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VONDRAN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the use of electronic monitoring for sex 1 offenders. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6886YC (1) 91 as/js
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 692A.124, Code 2026, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 692A.124 Electronic monitoring. 3 1. A Except as provided in subsection 4, a sex offender who 4 is placed on probation, parole, work release, special sentence, 5 or any other type of conditional release, may be supervised by 6 an electronic tracking and monitoring system in addition to any 7 other conditions of supervision. 8 2. The Except as provided in subsection 4, the determination 9 to use electronic tracking and monitoring to supervise a sex 10 offender shall be based upon a validated risk assessment 11 approved by the department of corrections, and also upon the 12 sex offender’s criminal history, progress in treatment and 13 supervision, and other relevant factors. 14 3. If Except as provided in subsection 4, if a sex 15 offender is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, 16 the determination to use electronic tracking and monitoring 17 to supervise the sex offender shall be based upon a risk 18 assessment performed by a juvenile court officer. 19 4. A sex offender subject to the registration requirements 20 under section 692A.104, and verification of relevant 21 information requirements under section 692A.108, who is unable 22 to provide verification of the sex offender’s residence shall 23 be supervised by an electronic tracking and monitoring system 24 in addition to any other conditions of supervision. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill relates to the use of electronic monitoring for sex 29 offenders. 30 The bill provides that a sex offender subject to 31 registration requirements, and verification of relevant 32 information requirements, who is unable to provide verification 33 of the sex offender’s residence shall be supervised by an 34 electronic tracking and monitoring system in addition to any 35 -1- LSB 6886YC (1) 91 as/js 1/ 2
H.F. _____ other conditions of supervision. 1 -2- LSB 6886YC (1) 91 as/js 2/ 2