Bill Text: IA HF2114 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to criminal identification files of law enforcement agencies and immigration status information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2114 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2114-Introduced.html
House File 2114 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HOLT, HEARTSILL, GASSMAN, WHEELER, SALMON, WATTS, FISHER, and BAXTER A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to criminal identification files of law 2 enforcement agencies and immigration status information. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5653YH (4) 87 jm/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 22.7, subsection 9, Code 2018, is amended 1 2 to read as follows: 1 3 9. Criminal identification files of law enforcement 1 4 agencies. However, records of current and prior arrests, 1 5 immigration status information, and criminal history data shall 1 6 be public records. 1 7 EXPLANATION 1 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 9 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 10 This bill relates to criminal identification files of 1 11 law enforcement agencies and immigration status information. 1 12 Currently, criminal identification files of law enforcement 1 13 agencies are confidential records, except for records 1 14 of current and prior arrests, and criminal history data. 1 15 "Criminal history data" is defined in Code section 692.1(5). 1 16 Under Code section 22.7, confidential records may be released 1 17 by court order, the lawful custodian of the records, or by 1 18 another person authorized to release such records. 1 19 The bill makes immigration status contained in a criminal 1 20 identification file of a law enforcement agency a public 1 21 record. A person has the right to examine a public record 1 22 pursuant to Code section 22.2. LSB 5653YH (4) 87 jm/rh
