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CEDAR RAPIDS — A prosecutor plans to propose an assault by criminal groping bill to address a gap in Iowa’s law concerning these more “traumatic” crimes.

Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks, a legislative committee member of the Iowa County Attorneys Association, said the association didn’t make assault by criminal groping a priority bill this year, after it received some pushback from lawmakers in the House.

However, Maybanks said this year, in preparing for the next legislative session, his office has set its own priorities. He hopes to work with legislators to address the groping bill, an attempt to commit invasion of privacy, and laws around examination of public records.

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