Senate
File
2398
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2398
BY
BENNETT
,
WAHLS
,
and
WEINER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
defense
of
justification
for
violent
1
crimes.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
704A.1
Restriction
on
the
defense
1
of
justification.
2
The
defense
of
justification
is
not
available
to
a
person
3
who
is
the
subject
of
a
nonviolent
sexual
advance
who
commits
4
a
violent
crime,
as
defined
in
section
915.10,
upon
another
5
person
as
the
result
of
that
sexual
advance
or
solely
as
6
the
result
of
the
person’s
discovery
of,
knowledge
about,
or
7
potential
disclosure
of
the
victim’s
sex,
sexual
orientation,
8
or
gender
identity.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
specifies
that
a
defense
of
justification
is
not
13
available
to
a
person
who
is
the
subject
of
a
nonviolent
sexual
14
advance
who
commits
a
violent
crime
upon
another
person
as
the
15
result
of
that
sexual
advance
or
solely
as
the
result
of
the
16
person’s
discovery
of,
knowledge
about,
or
potential
disclosure
17
of
the
victim’s
sex,
sexual
orientation,
or
gender
identity.
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