Bill Text: IA SF346 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating the criminal offense of female genital mutilation and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 212.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Fiscal note. [SF346 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF346-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
CREATING
THE
CRIMINAL
OFFENSE
OF
FEMALE
GENITAL
MUTILATION
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
708.16
Female
genital
mutilation.
1.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
subsection
2,
a
person
who
knowingly
circumcises,
excises,
or
infibulates,
in
whole
or
in
part,
the
labia
majora,
labia
minora,
or
clitoris
of
a
minor
commits
a
class
“D”
felony.
2.
A
surgical
procedure
is
not
a
violation
of
subsection
1
if
the
procedure
is
performed
by
a
medical
professional
who
holds
a
current
license
in
this
state
necessary
to
perform
the
surgical
procedure
under
any
of
the
following
circumstances:
a.
When
necessary
to
protect
the
health
of
the
minor
on
whom
the
procedure
is
performed.
b.
When
performed
on
a
minor
who
is
in
labor
or
who
has
just
given
birth
and
is
performed
for
medical
purposes
connected
with
that
labor
or
birth.
3.
In
determining
whether
a
surgical
procedure
performed
pursuant
to
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
,
is
a
violation
of
subsection
1,
consideration
shall
not
be
given
to
any
belief
the
minor
or
any
other
person
holds
that
the
surgical
procedure
is
required
based
on
custom
or
ritual.
4.
A
person
who
knowingly
transports
a
minor
within
or
outside
of
this
state
for
the
purpose
of
performing
a
procedure
that
would
be
a
violation
of
subsection
1
if
the
procedure
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p.
2
occurred
in
this
state,
commits
a
class
“D”
felony.
Sec.
2.
EDUCATION
CAMPAIGN
——
HEALTH
RISKS,
PROHIBITION,
CRIMINAL
PENALTIES
——
FEMALE
GENITAL
MUTILATION.
The
crime
victims
assistance
division
of
the
office
of
the
attorney
general,
in
collaboration
with
community
insiders
and
culturally
specific
victims
services
programs,
shall
initiate
an
education
campaign
to
increase
awareness
regarding
the
health
risks
of,
the
prohibitions
against,
and
the
criminal
penalties
associated
with
female
genital
mutilation
as
specified
in
this
Act.
Sec.
3.
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMMING
——
FEMALE
GENITAL
MUTILATION.
The
university
of
Iowa
hospitals
and
clinics
shall
develop
educational
programming
including
protocols
for
physicians
to
provide
safe
health
care
and
treatment
to
women
who
are
victims
of
female
genital
mutilation.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
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346,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
