Bill Text: IA SF2180 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to bestiality and providing penalties.(Formerly SF 2018.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-28 - Withdrawn. S.J. 412. [SF2180 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2180-Introduced.html
Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2180
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2018)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
bestiality
and
providing
penalties.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
717C.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
“Sex
act”
means
any
sexual
contact
between
a
person
3
and
an
animal
by
penetration
of
the
penis
into
the
vagina
or
4
anus,
contact
between
the
mouth
and
genitalia,
or
by
contact
5
between
the
genitalia
of
one
and
the
genitalia
or
anus
of
the
6
other.
of
the
following
conduct
that
is
not
the
practice
of
7
veterinary
medicine
as
defined
in
section
169.3,
subsection
8
13,
an
accepted
livestock
management
practice
as
defined
in
9
section
169.3,
subsection
1,
an
accepted
practice
related
to
10
the
insemination
of
animals
for
the
purpose
of
procreation,
or
11
an
accepted
practice
related
to
conformation
judging:
12
(1)
An
act
between
a
person
and
an
animal
involving
physical
13
contact
between
the
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
anus
of
one
and
the
14
mouth,
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
anus
of
the
other.
15
(2)
Any
touching
or
fondling
by
a
person,
either
directly
16
or
through
clothing,
of
the
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
anus
of
17
an
animal
or
any
insertion,
however
slight,
of
any
part
of
a
18
person’s
body
or
any
object
into
the
vaginal
or
anal
opening
of
19
an
animal,
except
for
veterinarian-advised
care
of
the
animal.
20
(3)
Any
insertion,
however
slight,
of
any
part
of
an
21
animal’s
body
into
the
vaginal
or
anal
opening
of
a
person.
22
(4)
Advertising,
offering,
selling,
transferring,
23
purchasing,
or
otherwise
obtaining
an
animal
with
the
intent
24
that
the
animal
be
used
for
sexual
contact
in
this
state.
25
(5)
Organizing,
promoting,
conducting,
or
participating
as
26
an
observer
of
an
act
involving
a
sex
act
with
an
animal.
27
(6)
Knowingly
permit
a
sex
act
with
an
animal
to
be
28
conducted
on
any
premises
under
the
person’s
ownership
or
29
control.
30
(7)
Photographing
or
filming
obscene
material
depicting
a
31
person
engaged
in
sexual
contact
with
an
animal.
32
(8)
Distributing,
selling,
publishing,
or
transmitting
33
obscene
material
depicting
a
person
engaged
in
sexual
contact
34
with
an
animal.
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(9)
Possessing
with
the
intent
to
distribute,
sell,
1
publish,
or
transmit
obscene
material
depicting
a
person
2
engaged
in
a
sex
act
with
an
animal.
3
(10)
Forcing,
coercing,
enticing,
or
encouraging
a
minor
to
4
engage
in
a
sex
act
with
an
animal.
5
(11)
Engaging
in
a
sex
act
with
an
animal
in
the
presence
6
of
a
minor.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
717C.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
8
to
read
as
follows:
9
2.
A
person
who
performs
a
sex
act
with
an
animal
is
guilty
10
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
A
person
who
commits
a
violation
11
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony
if
the
person
12
has
previously
been
convicted
of
a
violation
of
this
section,
13
or
if
the
person
has
previously
been
convicted
of
committing
14
animal
neglect,
animal
abuse,
or
animal
torture
as
defined
in
15
chapter
717B.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
bestiality.
20
Under
current
law,
a
person
who
performs
a
sex
act
with
an
21
animal
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
Current
law
22
defines
“sex
act”
as
any
sexual
contact
between
a
person
and
23
an
animal
by
penetration
of
the
penis
into
the
vagina
or
anus,
24
contact
between
the
mouth
and
genitalia,
or
by
contact
between
25
the
genitalia
of
one
and
the
genitalia
or
anus
of
the
other.
26
The
bill
provides
that
a
“sex
act”
includes
the
following
27
conduct
that
is
not
the
practice
of
veterinary
practice,
an
28
accepted
livestock
management
practice
that
provides
care
for
29
animals,
an
accepted
practice
related
to
the
insemination
of
30
animals
for
the
purpose
of
procreation,
or
an
accepted
practice
31
related
to
conformation
judging:
an
act
between
a
person
and
32
an
animal
involving
physical
contact
between
the
sex
organ,
33
genitals,
or
anus
of
one
and
the
mouth,
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
34
anus
of
the
other;
any
touching
or
fondling
by
a
person,
either
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directly
or
through
clothing,
of
the
sex
organ,
genitals,
or
1
anus
of
an
animal
or
any
insertion,
however
slight,
of
any
2
part
of
a
person’s
body
or
any
object
into
the
vaginal
or
anal
3
opening
of
an
animal
except
for
veterinarian-advised
care;
any
4
insertion,
however
slight,
of
any
part
of
an
animal’s
body
into
5
the
vaginal
or
anal
opening
of
a
person;
advertising,
offering,
6
selling,
transferring,
purchasing,
or
otherwise
obtaining
an
7
animal
with
the
intent
that
the
animal
be
used
for
sexual
8
contact
in
this
state;
organizing,
promoting,
conducting,
or
9
participating
as
an
observer
of
an
act
involving
a
sex
act
10
with
an
animal;
permitting
a
sex
act
with
an
animal
to
occur
11
in
any
premises
under
the
person’s
ownership
or
control;
12
photographing
or
filming
obscene
material
depicting
a
person
13
engaging
in
a
sex
act
with
an
animal;
distributing,
selling,
14
publishing,
or
transmitting
obscene
material
depicting
a
person
15
engaged
in
a
sex
act
with
an
animal;
possessing
with
the
intent
16
to
distribute,
sell,
publish,
or
transmit
obscene
material
17
depicting
a
person
engaged
in
a
sex
act
with
an
animal;
or
18
forcing,
coercing,
enticing,
or
encouraging
a
minor
to
engage
19
in
a
sex
act
with
an
animal.
20
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
performs
a
sex
act
with
21
an
animal
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
A
second
22
or
subsequent
violation
is
a
class
“D”
felony.
A
person
who
23
was
previously
convicted
of
a
violation
of
Code
section
717B.2
24
(animal
abuse),
717B.3
(animal
neglect),
or
717B.3A
(animal
25
torture)
who
commits
bestiality
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
26
felony.
An
aggravated
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
27
for
no
more
than
two
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$855
but
28
not
more
than
$8,540.
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
by
29
confinement
for
no
more
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
30
$1,025
but
not
more
than
$10,245.
31
Current
law
also
requires
a
person
convicted
of
bestiality
32
to
submit
to
a
psychological
evaluation
and
treatment
at
the
33
person’s
expense,
in
addition
to
any
sentence
authorized
by
34
law.
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