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Relating to sexual misconduct by a peace officer with offenders and juveniles in the peace officer’s custody, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & corrections
Same legislation: SF 258
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 26, 2019
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 27, 201948–0
- Done: House committeeApril 4, 2019
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to sexual misconduct by a peace officer with offenders and juveniles in the peace officer’s custody, and provides penalties. The bill provides that any peace officer who engages in a sex act with an individual, including a juvenile, in the peace officer’s custody commits a class “D” felony. The bill defines “custody” as the detention of a person by lawful authority or process. The bill defines “peace officer” to include sheriffs and their regular deputies who are subject to mandated law enforcement training, marshals and police officers of cities, peace officer members of the department of public safety, parole officers, probation officers, special security officers employed by board of regents institutions, conservation officers, employees of the department of transportation who are designated as peace officers by resolution of the department, employees of an aviation authority designated as peace officers by the authority, and other persons as may be so designated by law.
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A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500.2. A special sentence is a punishment in addition to the punishment for the underlying criminal offense by committing the person into the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for a period of years. A person serving a special sentence begins the sentence as if on parole or work release but the sentence is subject to a revocation of release for up to two years for a first revocation and five years for any second or subsequent revocation.103.
House subcommittee
Named March 28, 2019. On April 2, 2019 it recommended passage.
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Fiscal note
Can’t be estimated Compare with other bills
The fiscal impact of SF 392 cannot be estimated. The Bill establishes a new criminal offense, and the resulting cost to the justice system cannot be estimated. Table 2 shows estimates for the average State cost per offense class type. The estimates include operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the State Public Defender, and the Department of Corrections for one additional conviction.
- Sexual Misconduct with Arrested or Detained Persons · March 6, 2019
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- SF 171 Relating to sexual misconduct by a peace officer with offenders and juveniles in the peace…89th General Assembly · Approved by committeeNearly identical
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