{"content":[{"text":"Fiscal Note \n Fiscal Services Division","bbox":{"left":0.422827,"top":0.096721,"width":0.24017099999999997,"height":0.05712699999999998}},{"text":"HF 425 – Sexual Abuse, Second Degree, Definition (LSB1326HV) \n Staff Contact: Christin Mechler (515.250.0458) christin.mechler@legis.iowa.gov \n Fiscal Note Version – New","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.191707,"width":0.637777,"height":0.051123}},{"text":"Description \n House File 425 relates to sexual abuse in the second degree under Iowa Code section 709.3 \n and provides that such abuse includes sexual abuse of a child. Iowa Code section 702.5 \n defines a child as any person under the age of 14 years old. A person who commits sexual \n abuse in the second degree is guilty of a Class B felony.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.262534,"width":0.7377880000000001,"height":0.08669699999999997}},{"text":"The Bill also makes conforming changes relating to the Sex Offender Registry under Iowa Code \n section 692A.102 and relating to sexual abuse in the third degree under Iowa Code section \n 709.4. \n Background \n Under current law, sexual abuse in the second degree occurs when such abuse includes a \n person under the age of 12.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.362048,"width":0.760548,"height":0.11036499999999999}},{"text":"A Class B felony is punishable by confinement of no more than 25 years. A Class C felony is \n punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more \n than $13,600. \n Assumptions \n • The following will not change over the projection period: charge, conviction, and sentencing \n patterns and trends; prisoner length of stay (LOS); revocation rates; plea bargaining; and \n other criminal justice system policies and practices. \n • A lag effect of six months is assumed from the effective date of this Bill to the date of first \n entry of affected offenders into the correctional system. \n • Marginal costs for county jails cannot be estimated due to a lack of data. For purposes of \n this analysis, the marginal cost for county jails is assumed to be $50 per day. \n • As a result of the modification of the age of a victim of sexual abuse in the second degree \n and subsequent conforming changes, the Department of Corrections (DOC) estimates that it \n is likely that the convictions of some offenders currently convicted of sexual abuse in the \n third degree will move to convictions of sexual abuse in the second degree. This would \n result in an increased length of stay for an offender. \n Correctional Impact \n House File 425 modifies the definition of an existing crime and the full correctional impact \n cannot be determined at this time, as it remains unknown how many existing offenders will be \n moved from a Class C to Class B penalty or how many new convictions and prison admissions \n will occur.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.48523,"width":0.762309,"height":0.365125}},{"text":"Table 1 below shows estimates for sentencing to State prison, parole, probation, or Community- \n Based Corrections (CBC) residential facilities; LOS under those supervisions; and supervision \n marginal costs per day for all convictions of Class B and Class C felonies (involving sex crimes). \n Refer to the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) memo addressed to the General Assembly, \n 1","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.863167,"width":0.763386,"height":0.09256300000000006}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.79281,"top":0.033561,"width":0.113198,"height":0.117841},{"left":0.097972,"top":0.03666,"width":0.211977,"height":0.116484}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.79281,"top":0.033561,"width":0.113198,"height":0.117841},{"left":0.097972,"top":0.03666,"width":0.211977,"height":0.116484}]}