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.

This bill (SSB 1058) enhances penalties for assaults targeting specific public safety and service workers in Iowa. It increases penalties to higher felony classifications when someone assaults a peace officer, correctional staff, healthcare provider, firefighter, or other listed employees with knowledge of their occupation and specific aggravating factors (such as intent to cause serious injury, using a weapon, or causing bodily harm). For example, spitting or expelling saliva onto these workers becomes an aggravated misdemeanor requiring a minimum 7-day jail sentence. The bill directly affects these occupations by imposing stricter consequences for assaults against them, while also adding specific provisions for inmate assaults on corrections employees.