Bill Text: IA SF315 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the criminal offense of unlawful presence in the state, and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/28/2019 11:30AM Senate Lobbyist Lounge. [SF315 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF315-Introduced.html
Senate
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315
BY
CHAPMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
criminal
offense
of
unlawful
presence
1
in
the
state,
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
733.1
Unlawful
presence
in
the
1
state
——
penalty.
2
If
a
person
who
has
been
charged
in
this
state
with
a
serious
3
misdemeanor
or
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
is
subsequently
4
determined
to
be
a
nonresident
alien,
as
defined
in
section
5
9I.1,
the
person
shall
be
charged
with
the
additional
offense
6
of
unlawful
presence
in
the
state,
a
class
“D”
felony.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
establishes
the
criminal
offense
of
unlawful
11
presence
in
the
state,
and
provides
penalties.
12
The
bill
provides
that
if
a
person
who
has
been
charged
13
in
this
state
with
a
serious
misdemeanor
or
an
aggravated
14
misdemeanor
is
subsequently
determined
to
be
a
nonresident
15
alien,
as
defined
in
Code
section
9I.1,
the
person
shall
be
16
charged
with
the
additional
offense
of
unlawful
presence
in
the
17
state,
a
class
“D”
felony.
18
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
19
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$750
but
not
more
than
20
$7,500.
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