House
File
2602
-
Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2602
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
575)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
7,
2024
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
criminal
offense
of
grooming
and
1
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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H.F.
2602
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
709.8A
Grooming.
1
1.
A
person
commits
grooming
when
the
person
knowingly
2
performs
an
act
in
person
or
by
conduct
through
a
third
party,
3
uses
a
computer,
internet
service,
or
any
other
electronic
4
storage
or
transmission
device,
or
uses
written
communication
5
to
seduce,
solicit,
lure,
or
entice,
or
attempt
to
seduce,
6
solicit,
lure,
or
entice,
a
child
or
a
person
believed
to
be
a
7
child
to
commit
any
unlawful
sex
act
or
to
otherwise
engage
in
8
unlawful
sexual
conduct.
As
used
in
this
section,
“child”
means
9
a
person
under
eighteen
years
of
age.
10
2.
Grooming
is
a
class
“D”
felony.
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