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House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
228
BY
GJERDE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
prostitution,
and
making
penalties
1
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
725.1,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
A
person
who
purchases
or
offers
to
purchase
services
as
3
a
partner
in
a
sex
act
from
a
person
who
is
under
the
age
of
4
eighteen
,
or
who
is
reasonably
believed
to
be
under
the
age
of
5
eighteen
including
a
law
enforcement
officer
or
agent
posing
as
6
a
minor
under
the
age
of
eighteen,
commits
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
relates
to
prostitution.
11
Current
law
provides
that
a
person
commits
a
class
“D”
felony
12
when
the
person
purchases
or
offers
to
purchase
services
as
a
13
partner
in
a
sex
act
from
a
person
who
is
under
the
age
of
18.
14
The
bill
adds
that
it
is
a
class
“D”
felony
for
a
person
15
to
purchase
or
offer
to
purchase
services
as
a
partner
in
a
16
sex
act
from
a
person
who
is
reasonably
believed
to
be
under
17
the
age
of
18
including
a
law
enforcement
officer
or
agent
18
posing
as
a
minor
under
the
age
of
18.
A
class
“D”
felony
is
19
punishable
by
confinement
for
not
more
than
five
years
and
a
20
fine
of
at
least
$1,025
but
not
more
than
$10,245.
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