SF 243 — A bill for an act relating to public safety including the crimes of failure to assist, abuse of a corpse, and interference with official acts, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 1054.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.

KimSenate ReynoldsFile O243 f- fEnrolled iSenate cFile e243 oAN fACT tRELATING hTO ePUBLIC GSAFETY oINCLUDING vTHE eCRIMES rOF nFAILURE oTO rASSIST, AABUSE dOF aA mCORPSE, GAND rINTERFERENCE eWITH gOFFICIAL gACTS, GAND OPROVIDING VPENALTIES. E R N O R L T G O V E R N O R June9,2021 The Honorable Paul Pate SecretaryofStateofIowa StateCapitol Des Moines,Iowa 50319 DearMr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit:

Senatele243,anActrlaingtopublicsafetyincludingthecriilretoasit,abuseBE ofacorpse,andinterferenceficalats,andprovidingpenalties.IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveSenateFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.Section 1.

Sincerely,Section ^Reigplds708.14, Governor\)flowa^subsection cc:1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

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Bc. E I T E N A C T E D B Y T H E G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y O F T H E S T A T E O F I O W A :

SectionFails 1to .disclose the known location of a corpse with the intent to conceal a crime.

Section 708.14, subsection 1 , Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:

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F a i l s t o d i s c l o s e t h e k n o w n l o c a t i o n o f a corpse with the intent to conceal a crime.

Section 719.1, subsection 1, paragraph a.a, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:

Codea. 2021, i s a m e n d e d t o r e a d a s f o l l o w s :

a, A person commits interference with official acts when the person knowingly resists or obstructs anyone known by the person to be a peace officer, jailer, emergency medical care provider under chapter 147A, medical examiner, or fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, or a person performing bailiff duties pursuant to section 602.1303, subsection 3, in the performance of any act which is within the scope of the lawful duty or authority of that officer, jailer, emergency medical care provider under chapter 147A, medical examiner, or fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, or a person performing bailiff duties pursuant to section 602.1303, subsection 3, or who knowingly resists or obstructs the service or execution by any authorized person of any civil or criminal process or order of any court.

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3NEW3. S E C T I O727.12 Failure to assist.

NEW SECTION.

727.12 Failure to assist.

An aggravated misdemeanor if the failure to assist results in th^deaththe death of the other person.

J______________________________ A______________________________ KCJAKE HCHAPMAN APAT PGRASSLEY MPresident A N P A TG R A S S L E Y ^President of the Senate Speaker or^heof the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 243, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.

W______________________________ .CW. H A R S M I T H S O N Secretary of the Senate Approvedl 2 0 2 1 K I M N ^ E Y N O L D S G o v e r n o r

CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor