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Establishing a minimum sentence for a persistent felony offender, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Crime & corrections
Same legislation: HSB 702
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 15, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 People convicted of a serious crime for the third time would face a new minimum sentence. These individuals would be sent to prison for the rest of their lives, though they could eventually apply for parole. This rule applies to anyone with two previous convictions for crimes like robbery, murder, or sexual abuse.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes a minimum sentence for a persistent felony offender.11 who has twice before been convicted of a forcible felony in a court of this or any other state, or of the United States, if the most recent forcible felony conviction has occurred within years of at least two prior forcible felony convictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a person sentenced as a persistent felony offender shall be committed to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections for the rest of the person’s life with the possibility of parole after serving a minimum term of confinement as determined by the court. A “forcible felony” is any felonious child endangerment, assault, murder, sexual abuse, kidnapping, robbery, human trafficking, arson in the first degree, or burglary in the first degree.
House subcommittee
Named February 13, 2024 (as HSB 702). On February 14, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 14, 2024 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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