SF 2114 (LSB 5939SV (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 2114

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3018)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to intimidation with a dangerous weapon, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 708.6, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   708.6  Intimidation with a dangerous weapon.
   1.  A person commits a class “C” felony when the person, with the intent to injure or provoke fear or anger in another, shoots, throws, launches, or discharges a dangerous weapon at another person or at, into, or in a building, vehicle, airplane, railroad engine, railroad car, or boat, occupied by another person, or within an assembly of people, and thereby places the occupants or people in reasonable apprehension of serious injury or threatens to commit such an act under circumstances raising a reasonable expectation that the threat will be carried out.
   2.  A person commits a class “D” felony when the person shoots, throws, launches, or discharges a dangerous weapon at another person or at, into, or in a building, vehicle, airplane, railroad engine, railroad car, or boat, occupied by another person, or within an assembly of people, and thereby places the occupants or people in reasonable apprehension of serious injury or threatens to commit such an act under circumstances raising a reasonable expectation that the threat will be carried out.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to intimidation with a dangerous weapon.
   The bill removes language referring to the shooting, throwing, launching, or discharging of a dangerous weapon within an assembly of people, and thereby placing the occupants or people in reasonable apprehension of serious injury from the bill, but includes the shooting, throwing, launching, or discharging of a weapon at another person.
   A violation of the bill is either a class “C” or class “D” felony depending on the circumstances. A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more than $13,660. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245.