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BY
PETERSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
hope
card
program
for
plaintiffs
granted
1
certain
orders
in
a
domestic
abuse
proceeding,
and
providing
2
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
236.21
Hope
card
program.
1
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“order”
means
either
of
the
2
following:
3
a.
A
temporary
order
entered
pursuant
to
section
236.4
to
4
protect
a
plaintiff
from
domestic
abuse
prior
to
a
hearing.
5
b.
A
protective
order
entered
pursuant
to
section
236.5
that
6
requires
a
defendant
to
cease
domestic
abuse
of
a
plaintiff.
7
2.
The
attorney
general,
in
consultation
with
district
8
clerks
of
court,
shall
develop
and
implement
a
hope
card
9
program
to
provide
for
the
issuance
of
a
hope
card
to
each
10
person
who
has
been
granted
an
order.
11
3.
A
plaintiff
who
is
granted
an
order
may
request
a
12
hope
card
from
the
clerk
of
court
of
the
county
in
which
the
13
order
is
granted.
The
plaintiff
may
request
a
hope
card
in
14
an
application
requesting
an
order
under
section
236.4,
at
a
15
hearing
to
prove
an
allegation
of
domestic
abuse,
or
at
any
16
other
time
before
the
order
granted
to
the
plaintiff
expires.
17
4.
Within
three
business
days
of
the
date
an
order
is
18
entered,
or
the
date
a
plaintiff
requests
a
hope
card,
19
whichever
is
earlier,
the
clerk
of
court
shall
provide
a
hope
20
card
to
the
plaintiff.
21
5.
The
clerk
of
court
shall
not
assess
a
fee
for
the
22
issuance
of
a
hope
card.
23
6.
A
plaintiff’s
hope
card
shall
be
valid
until
any
of
the
24
following
occur:
25
a.
Two
years
from
the
date
an
order
is
entered
for
the
26
plaintiff.
27
b.
The
date
the
order
for
which
the
hope
card
was
created
28
expires.
29
7.
A
hope
card
may
be
digital,
or
a
durable
wallet-sized
30
card,
and
shall
contain
all
of
the
following
information:
31
a.
The
defendant’s
name
and
date
of
birth.
32
b.
The
plaintiff’s
name
and
date
of
birth.
33
c.
Information
relating
to
the
order
granted
to
the
34
plaintiff
including
but
not
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
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(1)
The
case
number
of
the
proceeding.
1
(2)
The
date
the
order
was
issued.
2
(3)
The
expiration
date
of
the
order,
if
any.
3
(4)
The
date
of
issuance
and
the
expiration
date
of
the
hope
4
card.
5
8.
A
person
who
presents
a
hope
card,
or
other
document
6
purporting
to
be
a
hope
card,
as
a
valid
hope
card
when
the
7
person
knows
or
should
have
known
the
hope
card
or
other
8
document
is
not
a
valid
hope
card
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
903.1,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
3.
A
person
under
eighteen
years
of
age
convicted
of
a
12
simple
misdemeanor
under
chapter
236,
321
,
321G
,
321I
,
453A
,
13
461A
,
461B
,
462A
,
481A
,
481B
,
483A
,
484A
,
or
484B
,
or
a
14
violation
of
a
county
or
municipal
curfew
or
traffic
ordinance,
15
except
for
an
offense
subject
to
section
805.8
,
may
be
required
16
to
pay
a
fine,
not
to
exceed
one
hundred
dollars,
as
fixed
by
17
the
court,
or
may
be
required
to
perform
community
service
as
18
ordered
by
the
court.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
a
hope
card
program
for
plaintiffs
23
granted
certain
orders
in
a
domestic
abuse
proceeding.
24
The
bill
requires
the
attorney
general,
in
consultation
with
25
the
district
clerks
of
court,
to
develop
and
implement
a
hope
26
card
program
to
provide
for
the
issuance
of
a
hope
card
to
27
each
person
who
has
been
granted
an
order
in
a
domestic
abuse
28
proceeding
that
is
meant
to
protect
a
plaintiff
from
domestic
29
abuse
prior
to
a
hearing
or
requires
a
defendant
to
cease
30
domestic
abuse
of
a
plaintiff
(order).
31
The
bill
allows
a
plaintiff
who
is
granted
an
order
to
32
request
a
hope
card
from
the
clerk
of
court
of
the
county
in
33
which
the
order
is
granted.
The
plaintiff
may
request
a
hope
34
card
in
an
application
requesting
an
order
to
protect
the
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plaintiff
from
domestic
abuse
prior
to
a
hearing,
at
a
hearing
1
to
prove
an
allegation
of
domestic
abuse,
or
at
any
other
time
2
before
the
order
granted
to
the
plaintiff
expires.
A
clerk
3
of
court
must
create
and
provide
a
hope
card
to
the
plaintiff
4
within
three
business
days
of
the
date
an
order
is
entered
5
or
the
date
a
plaintiff
requests
a
hope
card,
whichever
is
6
earlier.
7
The
bill
prohibits
the
clerk
of
court
from
assessing
a
fee
8
for
the
issuance
of
a
hope
card.
9
The
bill
makes
a
petitioner’s
hope
card
valid
until
the
10
plaintiff’s
order
expires,
or
two
years
from
the
date
the
order
11
was
entered
for
the
plaintiff,
whichever
is
earlier.
A
hope
12
card
may
be
digital,
or
a
durable
wallet-sized
card.
The
bill
13
details
the
information
that
must
be
contained
on
a
hope
card.
14
The
bill
makes
it
a
simple
misdemeanor
for
a
person
to
15
present
a
hope
card,
or
other
document
purporting
to
be
a
hope
16
card,
as
a
valid
hope
card
when
the
person
knows
or
should
have
17
known
the
hope
card
or
other
document
is
not
a
valid
hope
card.
18
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
19
than
30
days
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$105
but
not
more
than
$855.
20
The
bill
makes
a
conforming
change
to
Code
section
903.1
21
(maximum
sentence
for
misdemeanants).
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