SF 397 — A bill for an act relating to assaults, including assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations and inmate assaults on department of corrections employees, and providing penalties.

SSenate TFile A397 T- EEnrolled OSenate FFile I397 OAN WACT ARELATING KTO IASSAULTS, MINCLUDING RASSAULTS EON YPERSONS NENGAGED OIN LCERTAIN DOCCUPATIONS SAND GINMATE OASSAULTS VON EDEPARTMENT ROF NCORRECTIONS OEMPLOYEES, RAND April18,2025PROVIDING ThePENALTIES. Honorable PaulPate SecretaryofStateofIowa StateCapitol Des Moines,Iowa50319 DearMr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit:

SenateFile397,anActrelatingtoassaults,includingassaultsonpersonsengagedinBE ertainoccupationsandinmateassaultsondepartmentofcorrectionsemployees,andIT providingpenalties.ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveSenateFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.Section 1.

Sinc^ely,Section Governor708.3A, oflosubsections cc:1, 2, 3, and 4, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:

SecretaryoftheSenate Clerk ofthe House STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES,IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 FAX 515.725.3527WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV flJGMT i i i m n ;

" " l!.;:i^iIiEilllllltllli! G E N E R A L A S S E CTI H W i T S e n a t e F i3 9 7 A NA C T RELATING TO ASSAULTS, INCLUDING ASSAULTS ON PERSONS ENGAGED IN C E R T A I N O C C U P A T I I N M A TA S S A U L T SD E P A R T M O F T C O R R E C T I O N S E M P L O Y E E S , A N D P R O V I D I N G P E N A L T I E S .

B E I T E N A C T B YT H EG E N E R A S S E M B O F T H ES T A TO F I O W A :

Section 1 , Section 708.3A, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Code 0 2 5 , a r e a m e nt o read a s f o l l o w s :

2 employee of a fire department, or fire fighter and with the intent to inflict a serious injury upon the peace officer, jailer, correctional or juvenile detention staff, member or employee of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the department of health and human services, employee of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing who conducts investigations or inspections, employee of the department of revenue, national guard member engaged in national guard duty or state active duty, civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, civilian employee of a fire department, or fire fighter, is guilty of a class “D” “C” felony.

A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1, against a peace officer, jailer, correctional or juvenile detention staff, member or employee of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the department of health and human services, employee of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing who conducts investigations or inspections, employee of the department of revenue, national guard member engaged in national guard duty or state active duty, civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, civilian employee of a fire department, or fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, who knows that the person against whom the assault is committed is a peace officer, jailer, correctional or juvenile detention staff, member or employee of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the department of health and human services, employee of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing who conducts investigations or inspections, employee of the department of revenue, national guard member engaged in national guard duty or state active duty, civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, civilian employee of a fire department, or fire fighter and who uses or displays a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault, is guilty of a class “D” “C” felony.

3 or inspections, employee of the department of revenue, national guard member engaged in national guard duty or state active duty, civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, civilian employee of a fire department, or fire fighter, whether paid or volunteer, who knows that the person against whom the assault is committed is a peace officer, jailer, correctional or juvenile detention staff, member or employee of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the department of health and human services, employee of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing who conducts investigations or inspections, employee of the department of revenue, national guard member engaged in national guard duty or state active duty, civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, civilian employee of a fire department, or fire fighter, and who causes bodily injury or mental illness, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor a class “D” felony.

Section 708.3B, Code 2025, is amended to read as ffollows: o l l o w s :

708.30708.3B Inmate assaults ——— bodily fluids or secretions.

A person who, while confined in a jail or in an institution or facility under the control of the department of corrections, commits any of the following acts commits a class “D” felony:

An assault, as defined under section 708.1, upon an employee of the jail or institution or facility under the control of the department of corrections-y—whichcorrections, which that results in the employee'semployee’s contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, saliva, or feces.

______________________________ ______________________________ AMY SINgliAIRSINCLAIR PAT CRASSLYGRASSLEY President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 397, Ninety-first General Assembly.

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CHi^LESCHARLES SMJTHSONSMITHSON 'Secretary Secre^ryof offjAethe Senate^Senate Approved I_______________, l^j2025 ,______________________________ 2025KIM JflREYNOLDS HEYNOLD.Governor

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