SF 2373 (LSB 6131SV (4) 87)

SENATE FILE 2373

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3102)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2018-02-28)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the criminal offense of child endangerment by prohibiting a sex offender access to a child or certain minors, and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 726.6, Code 2018, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  A person who knowingly takes custody or control over a child or minor, or who knowingly has unsupervised access to a child or a minor while the person is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A, commits child endangerment. However, this subsection does not apply to a person who is a parent or guardian of a child or a minor who is required to register as a sex offender, or to a person who is married to and living with a person required to register as a sex offender.
    Sec. 2.  Section 726.6, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   For the purposes of subsection 1 or 1A, “person having control “control over a child or a minor” means any of the following: