Bill Text: IA SF524 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to sexual exploitation by a youth athletics coach and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 380.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-27 - Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 1077. [SF524 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF524-Amended.html
Senate
File
524
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
524
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
380)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
28,
2019
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
sexual
exploitation
by
a
youth
athletics
1
coach
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.2,
subsection
14,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(b),
Code
2019,
is
2
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph
subdivision:
3
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
SUBDIVISION
.
(viii)
Sexual
exploitation
4
by
a
youth
athletics
coach.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
614.1,
subsection
12,
Code
2019,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
12.
Sexual
abuse
or
sexual
exploitation
by
a
counselor,
8
therapist,
or
school
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
coach
.
An
9
action
for
damages
for
injury
suffered
as
a
result
of
sexual
10
abuse,
as
defined
in
section
709.1
,
by
a
counselor,
therapist,
11
or
school
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
coach
,
as
defined
in
12
section
709.15
,
or
as
a
result
of
sexual
exploitation
by
a
13
counselor,
therapist,
or
school
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
14
coach
shall
be
brought
within
five
fifteen
years
of
the
date
15
the
victim
was
last
treated
by
the
counselor
or
therapist,
or
16
within
five
years
of
the
date
the
victim
was
last
enrolled
in
17
or
attended
the
school
after
the
victim
attains
eighteen
years
18
of
age
.
19
Sec.
3.
Section
692A.102,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
20
subparagraph
(11),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
(11)
Sexual
exploitation
by
a
counselor,
therapist,
or
22
school
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
coach
in
violation
of
23
section
709.15
,
if
the
victim
is
thirteen
years
of
age
or
24
older.
25
Sec.
4.
Section
692A.102,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
26
subparagraph
(27),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
(27)
Sexual
exploitation
by
a
counselor,
therapist,
or
28
school
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
coach
in
violation
of
29
section
709.15
,
if
the
child
is
under
thirteen
years
of
age.
30
Sec.
5.
Section
702.11,
subsection
2,
paragraph
d,
Code
31
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
32
d.
Sexual
exploitation
by
a
counselor,
therapist,
or
school
33
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
coach
in
violation
of
section
34
709.15
.
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Sec.
6.
Section
709.15,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
1
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
h.
“Youth
athletics
coach”
means
a
person
3
who
is
not
a
school
employee,
whether
paid
or
unpaid,
who
4
coaches,
or
is
an
assistant
coach
of,
a
youth
athletics
team
5
comprised
of
students,
or
an
individual
student
athlete,
6
whether
informal
or
formal.
7
Sec.
7.
Section
709.15,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
8
following
new
subsection:
9
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
a.
Sexual
exploitation
by
a
youth
10
athletics
coach
occurs
when
any
of
the
following
are
found:
11
(1)
A
pattern
or
practice
or
scheme
of
conduct
to
engage
in
12
any
of
the
conduct
described
in
subparagraph
(2).
13
(2)
Any
sexual
conduct
with
a
student
for
the
purpose
14
of
arousing
or
satisfying
the
sexual
desires
of
the
youth
15
athletics
coach
or
the
student.
Sexual
conduct
includes
but
is
16
not
limited
to
the
following:
17
(a)
Kissing.
18
(b)
Touching
of
the
clothed
or
unclothed
inner
thigh,
19
breast,
groin,
buttock,
anus,
pubes,
or
genitals.
20
(c)
A
sex
act
as
defined
in
section
702.17.
21
b.
Sexual
exploitation
by
a
youth
athletics
coach
does
not
22
include
any
of
the
following:
23
(1)
Touching
that
is
necessary
in
the
performance
of
the
24
youth
athletics
coach’s
duties
including
caring
for
an
injured
25
athlete.
26
(2)
Engaging
in
conduct
in
violation
of
subsection
3A,
27
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2),
with
a
student
who
is
not
more
28
than
four
years
younger
than
the
youth
athletics
coach
and
over
29
whom
the
youth
athletics
coach
does
not
have
direct
authority.
30
Sec.
8.
Section
709.15,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
31
following
new
subsection:
32
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
a.
A
youth
athletics
coach
who
commits
33
sexual
exploitation
in
violation
of
subsection
3A,
paragraph
34
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1),
commits
a
class
“D”
felony.
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b.
A
youth
athletics
coach
who
commits
sexual
exploitation
1
in
violation
of
subsection
3A,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2),
2
commits
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
3
Sec.
9.
Section
802.2A,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
4
follows:
5
802.2A
Incest
——
sexual
exploitation
by
a
counselor,
6
therapist,
or
school
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
coach
.
7
1.
An
information
or
indictment
for
incest
under
section
8
726.2
committed
on
or
with
a
person
who
is
under
the
age
of
9
eighteen
shall
be
found
within
ten
fifteen
years
after
the
10
person
upon
whom
the
offense
is
committed
attains
eighteen
11
years
of
age.
An
information
or
indictment
for
any
other
12
incest
shall
be
found
within
ten
years
after
its
commission.
13
2.
An
indictment
or
information
for
sexual
exploitation
by
14
a
counselor,
therapist,
or
school
employee
,
or
youth
athletics
15
coach
under
section
709.15
committed
on
or
with
a
person
who
16
is
under
the
age
of
eighteen
shall
be
found
within
ten
fifteen
17
years
after
the
person
upon
whom
the
offense
is
committed
18
attains
eighteen
years
of
age.
An
information
or
indictment
19
for
any
other
sexual
exploitation
shall
be
found
within
ten
20
fifteen
years
of
the
date
the
victim
was
last
treated
by
the
21
counselor
or
therapist,
or
within
ten
fifteen
years
of
the
date
22
the
victim
was
enrolled
in
or
attended
the
school.
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