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HOUSE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
706)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
electronic
monitoring
for
sex
1
offenders.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
692A.124,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
692A.124
Electronic
monitoring.
3
1.
A
Except
as
provided
in
subsection
4,
a
sex
offender
who
4
is
placed
on
probation,
parole,
work
release,
special
sentence,
5
or
any
other
type
of
conditional
release,
may
be
supervised
by
6
an
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
system
in
addition
to
any
7
other
conditions
of
supervision.
8
2.
The
Except
as
provided
in
subsection
4,
the
determination
9
to
use
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
to
supervise
a
sex
10
offender
shall
be
based
upon
a
validated
risk
assessment
11
approved
by
the
department
of
corrections,
and
also
upon
the
12
sex
offender’s
criminal
history,
progress
in
treatment
and
13
supervision,
and
other
relevant
factors.
14
3.
If
Except
as
provided
in
subsection
4,
if
a
sex
15
offender
is
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
juvenile
court,
16
the
determination
to
use
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
17
to
supervise
the
sex
offender
shall
be
based
upon
a
risk
18
assessment
performed
by
a
juvenile
court
officer.
19
4.
A
sex
offender
subject
to
the
registration
requirements
20
under
section
692A.104,
and
verification
of
relevant
21
information
requirements
under
section
692A.108,
who
is
unable
22
to
provide
verification
of
the
sex
offender’s
residence
shall
23
be
supervised
by
an
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
system
24
in
addition
to
any
other
conditions
of
supervision.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
electronic
monitoring
for
sex
29
offenders.
30
The
bill
provides
that
a
sex
offender
subject
to
31
registration
requirements,
and
verification
of
relevant
32
information
requirements,
who
is
unable
to
provide
verification
33
of
the
sex
offender’s
residence
shall
be
supervised
by
an
34
electronic
tracking
and
monitoring
system
in
addition
to
any
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