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Relating to public safety nuisances at adult cabarets, and making penalties applicable
Topics:FirearmsPublic safety & emergencies
Same legislation: HF 2531
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 13, 2024
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 7, 202494–0
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 13, 2024
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 9, 202446–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 23, 2024
- Done: Signed into lawMay 1, 2024
Became HF 2531 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2531 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill provides the circumstances where an adult cabaret is deemed to be a public safety nuisance and provides penalties. The bill provides that a public safety nuisance exists when an owner, manager, employee, contemporaneous patron, or guest of an adult cabaret commits any of the following acts either on the premises or within 500 hundred feet of the premises: (1) unlawfully discharges a firearm or uses an offensive weapon, (2) assaults another person with a dangerous weapon resulting in injury or death, or (3) engages in a riot three or more times in a 12-month period.
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The riot participants need not be the same persons for each incident. The bill provides when the county attorney or city attorney believes a serious threat to the public safety exists, the county attorney, city attorney, or any other attorney on behalf of the county attorney or city attorney may file a suit in equity in the local district court without bond seeking abatement of a public safety nuisance arising from an adult cabaret. The bill provides that upon filing a suit, the petitioner may seek a temporary injunction which can include limitation of business hours of the adult cabaret and a prohibition on the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the property. The court may also order any other restrictions that it deems appropriate. The bill provides that if the court finds that a public safety nuisance exists, the court may enter judgment declaring the existence of the nuisance and ordering such remedial action to abate the nuisance. The abatement order may include an injunction of up to two years, temporary or complete closure, change in business practice or operation, or posting of a bond.3 (penalty —— abatement), a person who is convicted of erecting, causing, or continuing a public or common nuisance is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
House subcommittee
Named February 8, 2024. On February 12, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Fiscal note
House File 2531 creates a new criminal offense, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. The average State cost for an aggravated misdemeanor conviction ranges from $7,500 to $10,800. The estimated impact to the State General Fund includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the Department of Corrections (DOC).
- Final Fiscal Note — Nuisances, Adult Establishments · May 1, 2024
- Nuisances, Adult Cabarets · February 26, 2024
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§657.12
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Lobbying
3 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →
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