House File 2254 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2254 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 588) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 25, 2014 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the offenses of prostitution and pimping and 1 minors, human trafficking, and providing penalties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 2254 (2) 85 rh/rj/md
H.F. 2254 Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 6, Code 2014, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . r. Who is allowed, permitted, or encouraged 3 by an adult having influence or control of the child to engage 4 in acts prohibited pursuant to section 725.1. 5 Sec. 2. Section 725.1, Code 2014, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 725.1 Prostitution. 8 1. a. A Except as provided in paragraph “b” , a person who 9 sells or offers for sale the person’s services as a partner in 10 a sex act commits an aggravated misdemeanor. , or 11 b. If the person who sells or offers for sale the person’s 12 services as a partner in a sex act is under the age of eighteen 13 and reasonable grounds exist to believe that the influence 14 or control of an adult contributed to the commission of the 15 offense, the county attorney may elect, in lieu of prosecution, 16 to refer the person to the department of human services 17 alleging that the person is a child in need of assistance 18 pursuant to section 232.2, subsection 6. 19 c. If the person who sells or offers for sale the person’s 20 services as a partner in a sex act is under the age of eighteen, 21 upon the expiration of two years following the person’s 22 conviction for a violation of paragraph “a” or of a similar 23 local ordinance, the person may petition the court to expunge 24 the conviction, and if the person has had no other criminal 25 convictions, other than local traffic violations or simple 26 misdemeanor violations of chapter 321 during the two-year 27 period, the conviction shall be expunged as a matter of 28 law. The court shall enter an order that the record of the 29 conviction be expunged by the clerk of the district court. 30 Notwithstanding section 692.2, after receipt of notice from 31 the clerk of the district court that a record of conviction 32 has been expunged for a violation of paragraph “a” , the record 33 of conviction shall be removed from the criminal history data 34 files maintained by the department of public safety. 35 -1- HF 2254 (2) 85 rh/rj/md 1/ 2
H.F. 2254 2. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b” , a person who 1 purchases or offers to purchase such another person’s services , 2 as a partner in a sex act commits an aggravated misdemeanor. 3 b. A person who purchases or offers to purchase services as 4 a partner in a sex act from a person fifteen years of age or 5 younger commits a class “D” felony. 6 Sec. 3. Section 725.2, Code 2014, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 725.2 Pimping. 9 1. A person who solicits a patron for a prostitute, or who 10 knowingly takes or shares in the earnings of a prostitute, or 11 who knowingly furnishes a room or other place to be used for 12 the purpose of prostitution, whether for compensation or not, 13 commits a class “D” felony. 14 2. A person who solicits a patron for a prostitute who is 15 under the age of eighteen, or who knowingly takes or shares in 16 the earnings of a prostitute who is under the age of eighteen, 17 or who knowingly furnishes a room or other place to be used for 18 the purposes of prostitution of a prostitute who is under the 19 age of eighteen, whether for compensation or not, commits a 20 class “C” felony. 21 Sec. 4. Section 808B.3, Code 2014, is amended by adding the 22 following new subsection: 23 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. A felony offense involving human 24 trafficking in violation of chapter 710A. 25 -2- HF 2254 (2) 85 rh/rj/md 2/ 2