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HF 449Died when the session ended · February 9, 2021

Extending the limitation of certain criminal actions committed on or with minors

Topics:Crime & corrections

Same legislation: SF 76

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2021
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa is changing the time limits for charging people with certain crimes against children, such as kidnapping, human trafficking, or sexual abuse. Under this new rule, if a person is identified using a DNA profile, the state has three years from that identification to bring charges. Otherwise, the time limit is based on how many years have passed since the victim turned 18.1

Read the official explanation

This bill extends the limitation of certain criminal actions committed on or with minors. The bill provides that an information or indictment for the following criminal offenses committed on or with a person who is under the age of years shall be found within years after the person upon whom the offense is committed attains years of age: lascivious acts with a child; assault with intent to commit sexual abuse; indecent contact with a child; lascivious conduct with a minor; sexual misconduct with a juvenile; child endangerment; sexual exploitation of a minor; kidnapping in the first, second, or third degree; and human trafficking. If the person against whom the information or indictment is sought is identified through the use of a DNA profile, an information or indictment shall be found within three years from the date the person is identified by the person’s DNA profile, or years after the person upon whom the offense is committed attains years of age. Current law provides that an information or indictment for the listed criminal offenses in the bill committed on or with a person who is under the age of years shall be found within years after the person upon whom the offense is committed attains years of age.

Full bill text2

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§802.2B§802.2C§802.2D

How the Code works3

Lobbying

3 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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