Senate
File
243
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
243
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1054)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
17,
2021
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
safety
including
the
crimes
of
1
failure
to
assist,
abuse
of
a
corpse,
and
interference
with
2
official
acts,
and
providing
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
708.14,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Fails
to
disclose
the
known
location
of
a
3
corpse
with
the
intent
to
conceal
a
crime.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
719.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2021,
5
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
a.
A
person
commits
interference
with
official
acts
when
7
the
person
knowingly
resists
or
obstructs
anyone
known
by
8
the
person
to
be
a
peace
officer,
jailer,
emergency
medical
9
care
provider
under
chapter
147A
,
medical
examiner,
or
fire
10
fighter,
whether
paid
or
volunteer,
or
a
person
performing
11
bailiff
duties
pursuant
to
section
602.1303,
subsection
3
,
in
12
the
performance
of
any
act
which
is
within
the
scope
of
the
13
lawful
duty
or
authority
of
that
officer,
jailer,
emergency
14
medical
care
provider
under
chapter
147A
,
medical
examiner,
or
15
fire
fighter,
whether
paid
or
volunteer,
or
a
person
performing
16
bailiff
duties
pursuant
to
section
602.1303,
subsection
3
,
or
17
who
knowingly
resists
or
obstructs
the
service
or
execution
by
18
any
authorized
person
of
any
civil
or
criminal
process
or
order
19
of
any
court.
20
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
727.12
Failure
to
assist.
21
1.
A
person
who
witnesses
another
person
suffering
from
22
imminent
danger
of
death
or
risk
of
serious
bodily
injury,
who,
23
unreasonably
and
without
lawful
cause,
fails
to
immediately
24
contact
local
emergency
response
authorities
or
local
law
25
enforcement,
or
both,
as
required
by
the
circumstances,
commits
26
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
27
2.
For
the
purposes
of
fulfilling
the
requirement
imposed
by
28
subsection
1,
a
promptly
placed
911
call
shall
discharge
the
29
requirement
to
assist.
30
3.
a.
It
shall
be
a
defense
to
a
prosecution
brought
under
31
subsection
1
that
the
person
actually
believed
that
the
other
32
person
was
not
suffering
from
imminent
danger
of
death
or
risk
33
of
serious
bodily
injury.
34
b.
It
shall
be
a
defense
to
a
prosecution
brought
under
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subsection
1
that
the
person
attempted
to
contact
the
local
1
emergency
response
authorities
or
local
law
enforcement,
2
or
both,
and
was
unable
to
contact
either
or
both
due
to
3
circumstances
beyond
the
person’s
control.
4
c.
It
shall
be
a
defense
to
a
prosecution
brought
under
5
subsection
1
that
the
person
had
a
reasonable
belief
that
6
providing
assistance
or
making
contact
as
required
by
7
subsection
1
would
place
the
person
at
risk
of
serious
bodily
8
injury
or
death.
9
4.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“serious
bodily
injury”
10
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
455B.146A.
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