It would be easier to prosecute so-called “peeping Toms” under legislation that has won approval in the Iowa House and the Senate. Senator Kevin Kinney of Oxford says the bill expands the legal definition of trespassing.

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The bill has been championed by a University of Iowa graduate who was secretly filmed in her Iowa City apartment by the landlord. The bill makes that kind of invasion of privacy an aggravated misdemeanor and removes the requirement that prosecutors must prove the accused was sexually excited by what he or she saw. Representative Chris Hall of Sioux City points out not a single legislator voted against the bill this year.

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The bill now goes to the governor for his signature or veto.