Bill Text: IA HF2240 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to harassment by the dissemination, publishing, distribution, or posting of a visual depiction showing another person in a state of full or partial nudity or engaged in a sex act that has been altered to falsely depict another person, and making penalties applicable. (Formerly HF 2048.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-19 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 926. [HF2240 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2240-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
HARASSMENT
BY
THE
DISSEMINATION,
PUBLISHING,
DISTRIBUTION,
OR
POSTING
OF
A
VISUAL
DEPICTION
SHOWING
ANOTHER
PERSON
IN
A
STATE
OF
FULL
OR
PARTIAL
NUDITY
OR
ENGAGED
IN
A
SEX
ACT
THAT
HAS
BEEN
ALTERED
TO
FALSELY
DEPICT
ANOTHER
PERSON,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
692A.102,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(6),
subparagraph
division
(a),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(a)
Harassment
Except
as
provided
in
subparagraph
division
(0b),
harassment
in
violation
of
section
708.7,
subsection
1,
2,
or
3
,
if
a
determination
is
made
that
the
offense
was
sexually
motivated
pursuant
to
section
692A.126
.
Sec.
2.
Section
692A.102,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(6),
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph
division:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
DIVISION
.
(0b)
Harassment
in
violation
of
section
708.7,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(5),
if
committed
by
a
person
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older.
Sec.
3.
Section
708.7,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(5),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(5)
Disseminates,
publishes,
distributes,
posts,
or
causes
to
be
disseminated,
published,
distributed,
or
posted
a
photograph
or
film
visual
depiction
as
defined
in
section
728.1
showing
another
person
in
a
state
of
full
or
partial
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p.
2
nudity
or
engaged
in
a
sex
act,
knowing
that
to
which
the
other
person
has
not
consented
to
the
dissemination,
publication,
distribution,
or
posting.
Notwithstanding
subsection
5,
a
person
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older
who
commits
a
violation
of
this
subparagraph
shall
be
required
to
register
as
a
sex
offender
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
chapter
692A.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“another
person”
includes
an
individual,
recognizable
by
the
person’s
face,
likeness,
or
other
distinguishing
features,
whose
image
is
used
to
create,
adapt,
or
modify
a
visual
depiction
to
depict
that
other
person
in
a
manner
as
described
in
this
subparagraph.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2240,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor