Iowa HF561 criminalizes grooming by defining it as a class "D" felony.

Iowa HF561 amends the criminal code to define grooming as a class "D" felony. Grooming involves knowingly seducing, soliciting, luring, or enticing a child or someone believed to be a child, including law enforcement officers posing as children, to commit unlawful sexual acts or engage in unlawful sexual conduct. The offense can be committed in person, through a third party, using a computer, internet service, electronic storage or transmission device, or written communication.

Iowa HF561 criminalizes grooming by defining it as a class "D" felony.

Iowa HF561 amends the criminal code to define grooming as a class "D" felony. Grooming involves knowingly seducing, soliciting, luring, or enticing a child or someone believed to be a child, including law enforcement officers posing as children, to commit unlawful sexual acts or engage in unlawful sexual conduct. The offense can be committed in person, through a third party, using a computer, internet service, electronic storage or transmission device, or written communication.