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Senate
File
411
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
411
BY
SWEENEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
criminal
restitution
including
pecuniary
1
damages.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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411
Section
1.
Section
910.1,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
“Pecuniary
damages”
means
all
damages
to
the
extent
not
3
paid
by
an
insurer
on
an
insurance
claim
by
the
victim,
which
4
that
a
victim
could
recover
against
the
offender
in
a
civil
5
action
arising
out
of
the
same
facts
or
event,
except
punitive
6
damages
and
damages
for
pain,
suffering,
mental
anguish,
and
7
loss
of
consortium.
Without
limitation,
“pecuniary
damages”
8
includes
damages
for
wrongful
death
and
expenses
incurred
for
9
psychiatric
or
psychological
services
or
counseling
or
other
10
counseling
for
the
victim
which
that
became
necessary
as
a
11
direct
result
of
the
criminal
activity.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
criminal
restitution
including
16
pecuniary
damages.
17
Under
current
law,
“pecuniary
damages”
is
defined
as
all
18
damages
to
the
extent
not
paid
by
an
insurer
on
an
insurance
19
claim
by
the
victim,
which
a
victim
could
recover
against
the
20
offender
in
a
civil
action
arising
out
of
the
same
facts
or
21
event,
except
punitive
damages
and
damages
for
pain,
suffering,
22
mental
anguish,
and
loss
of
consortium.
Without
limitation,
23
“pecuniary
damages”
includes
damages
for
wrongful
death
and
24
expenses
incurred
for
psychiatric
or
psychological
services
25
or
counseling
or
other
counseling
for
the
victim
which
became
26
necessary
as
a
direct
result
of
the
criminal
activity.
27
The
bill
removes
from
the
definition
of
“pecuniary
damages”
28
the
provision
excluding
the
amount
paid
by
an
insurer
on
an
29
insurance
claim
by
the
victim.
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