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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
126
BY
GUTH
,
CAMPBELL
,
and
EVANS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
parole
eligibility
for
a
person
under
the
1
age
of
twenty
convicted
of
a
class
“A”
felony
and
making
2
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
902.1,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
1
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
Notwithstanding
subsection
1
,
a
defendant
convicted
of
4
murder
in
the
first
degree
in
violation
of
section
707.2
,
5
and
who
was
under
the
age
of
eighteen
twenty
at
the
time
6
the
offense
was
committed
shall
receive
one
of
the
following
7
sentences:
8
Sec.
2.
Section
902.1,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
9
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
10
follows:
11
Notwithstanding
subsections
1
and
2
,
a
defendant
convicted
12
of
a
class
“A”
felony,
other
than
murder
in
the
first
degree
13
in
violation
of
section
707.2
,
and
who
was
under
the
age
of
14
eighteen
twenty
at
the
time
the
offense
was
committed
shall
15
receive
one
of
the
following
sentences:
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
parole
eligibility
for
a
person
under
20
the
age
of
20
convicted
of
a
class
“A”
felony.
21
Current
law
provides
that
a
person
under
the
age
of
18
22
convicted
of
first
degree
murder,
a
class
“A”
felony,
shall
23
receive
one
of
the
following
sentences:
commitment
to
the
24
department
of
corrections
for
the
rest
of
the
defendant’s
life
25
with
no
possibility
of
parole
unless
the
governor
commutes
26
the
sentence
to
a
term
of
years;
commitment
to
the
department
27
of
corrections
for
the
rest
of
the
defendant’s
life
with
28
the
possibility
of
parole
after
serving
a
minimum
term
of
29
confinement
as
determined
by
the
court;
or
commitment
to
the
30
department
of
corrections
for
the
rest
of
the
defendant’s
life
31
with
the
possibility
of
parole.
32
The
bill
increases
the
age
limit
from
18
years
to
20
years.
33
Current
law
provides
that
a
defendant
convicted
of
a
class
34
“A”
felony,
other
than
murder
in
the
first
degree,
and
who
was
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under
the
age
of
18
at
the
time
the
offense
was
committed
shall
1
receive
one
of
the
following
sentences:
commitment
to
the
2
department
of
corrections
for
the
rest
of
the
defendant’s
life
3
with
the
possibility
of
parole
after
serving
a
minimum
term
of
4
confinement
as
determined
by
the
court;
or
commitment
to
the
5
department
of
corrections
for
the
rest
of
the
defendant’s
life
6
with
the
possibility
of
parole.
7
The
bill
increases
the
age
limit
from
18
years
to
20
years.
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