A bill for an act relating to child endangerment.

HF 2360 amends Iowa's child endangerment law to define "child" as any person under 18 years old (replacing "minor" references) and clarifies specific actions that constitute endangerment. It directly affects parents, guardians, household members, and caregivers by prohibiting behaviors like reckless endangerment, unreasonable force, medical neglect (with a religious exemption for treatment refusal), allowing abuse, abandonment, exposure to drug manufacturing, and unsupervised access by sex offenders (with parental exceptions). Key mechanisms include establishing penalties: class B felony for endangerment causing death, class C for serious injury, and class D for bodily injury or specific violations. The bill focuses on concrete policy changes to standardize definitions and strengthen accountability for endangering children under 18.