SF 2196 — A bill for an act modifying criminal code provisions relating to criminal records, penalties, prosecutions, appeals, driving privileges, and postconviction relief, and including effective date provisions. (See SF 2382.)

Bill Text

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The bill modifies various aspects of Iowa's criminal code, particularly concerning expungement of misdemeanor records, definitions of simulated firearms and explosives, conditions for parole eligibility related to robbery convictions, and the values associated with property crime classifications.

• 901C.3

  1. Upon application of a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense, the court shall enter an order expunging the record of such a criminal case, as a matter of law, if the defendant has established that more than eight years have passed since the date of the conviction, the defendant is not the subject of a protective order or a no-contact order, the defendant has no pending criminal charges, the defendant has not been subsequently convicted of or granted a deferred judgment for any criminal offense, other than a simple misdemeanor conviction under chapter 321 or of a similar local ordinance, and all court costs, fees, fines, and restitution and other financial obligations ordered by the court or assessed by the clerk of the district court have been paid.

  Establishes a legal process for defendants convicted of misdemeanors to have their records expunged after eight years under certain conditions.

• 711.2

  or is armed with a dangerous weapon → or is armed with a dangerous weapon, simulated firearm, or simulated explosive

  Broadens the definition of first-degree robbery to include use of simulated firearms or explosives.

• 902.12

  Robbery in the first or second degree in violation of section 711.2 or 711.3 → Robbery in the first or second degree in violation of section 711.2 or 711.3, except as determined in subsection 3.

  Clarifies the conditions under which robbery convictions affect eligibility for parole.

• 714.2

  exceeding five hundred dollars → exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars

  Increases the threshold for third-degree theft classification.

Action History

1. February 12, 2018

   Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

2. February 08, 2018

   Subcommittee: Dawson, Kinney, and Zaun.

3. February 07, 2018

   Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

Sponsors

• Dan Dawson · Primary

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