Bill Text: IA HF2465 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a law enforcement body camera interim workgroup. (Formerly HSB 601.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - Amendment H-8217 filed. H.J. 518. [HF2465 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2465-Introduced.html
House File 2465 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 601) A BILL FOR 1 An Act creating a law enforcement body camera interim 2 workgroup. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5464HV (3) 87 jm/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAMERA RECORDINGS ==== 1 2 INTERIM WORKGROUP. 1 3 1. The Iowa public information board shall convene a 1 4 stakeholder workgroup to meet during the 2018 legislative 1 5 interim to examine issues and develop policy recommendations 1 6 relating to the use, storage, cost, retention, public 1 7 inspection, and confidentiality of law enforcement body camera 1 8 video and audio recordings. The workgroup shall request data 1 9 from workgroup member organizations and from state departments 1 10 and agencies, including but not limited to the department of 1 11 public safety, the Iowa public information board, the office 1 12 of ombudsman, the Iowa law enforcement academy, the judicial 1 13 branch, the state board of regents, and other appropriate 1 14 organizations. The workgroup shall comprehensively review 1 15 and analyze such information and data and submit findings and 1 16 recommendations including any recommendations for proposed 1 17 legislation. 1 18 2. The workgroup shall consist of thirteen voting members 1 19 and five ex officio, nonvoting members. 1 20 3. The following thirteen members appointed by the 1 21 following organizations or governmental agencies shall serve 1 22 as voting members: 1 23 a. The Iowa public information board. 1 24 b. The Iowa freedom of information council. 1 25 c. The Iowa newspaper association. 1 26 d. The department of justice. 1 27 e. The Iowa peace officers association. 1 28 f. The Iowa police chiefs association. 1 29 g. The Iowa coalition against domestic violence. 1 30 h. The department of public safety. 1 31 i. The Iowa county attorneys association. 1 32 j. The Iowa state sheriffs' and deputies' association. 1 33 k. The office of the state public defender. 1 34 l. The Iowa league of cities. 1 35 m. The American civil liberties union of Iowa. 2 1 4. a. Two members of the senate and two members of the 2 2 house of representatives shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting 2 3 members of the workgroup and shall be appointed by the majority 2 4 and minority leaders of the senate and the speaker and minority 2 5 leader of the house of representatives. 2 6 b. One member appointed by the chief justice of the supreme 2 7 court shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the 2 8 workgroup and shall preside over the workgroup. 2 9 5. The workgroup may meet up to two times during the 2 10 2018 legislative interim and shall submit findings and 2 11 recommendations including any recommendations for proposed 2 12 legislation in a report to the general assembly by November 1, 2 13 2018. 2 14 6. a. Notwithstanding section 7E.6, workgroup members 2 15 shall not receive reimbursement for actual expenses for 2 16 the performance of their official duties as members of the 2 17 workgroup, but may seek reimbursement for expenses from the 2 18 member's organization. 2 19 b. Notwithstanding section 2.10, legislative members shall 2 20 not receive a per diem and shall not receive reimbursement 2 21 for necessary travel and actual expenses incurred in the 2 22 performance of their official duties while a member of the 2 23 workgroup. 2 24 c. The Iowa public information board is authorized to 2 25 allocate up to one thousand dollars from the operating budget 2 26 of the board to pay the costs of the workgroup. 2 27 EXPLANATION 2 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 30 This bill creates a law enforcement body camera recordings 2 31 interim workgroup. 2 32 The bill authorizes the Iowa public information board 2 33 to convene a stakeholder workgroup to meet during the 2018 2 34 legislative interim to examine issues and develop policy 2 35 recommendations relating to the use, storage, cost, retention, 3 1 public inspection, and confidentiality of law enforcement 3 2 body camera video and audio recordings. The bill instructs 3 3 the workgroup to comprehensively review and analyze such 3 4 information and submit findings and recommendations including 3 5 any proposed legislation. 3 6 The bill specifies that the workgroup shall consist of 3 7 13 voting members. The 13 voting members shall consist of 3 8 representatives of the following organizations or governmental 3 9 agencies: the Iowa public information board, the Iowa freedom 3 10 of information council, the Iowa newspaper association, the 3 11 department of justice, the Iowa peace officers association, 3 12 the Iowa police chiefs association, the Iowa coalition against 3 13 domestic violence, the department of public safety, the Iowa 3 14 county attorneys association, the Iowa state sheriffs' and 3 15 deputies' association, the office of the state public defender, 3 16 the Iowa league of cities, and the American civil liberties 3 17 union of Iowa. 3 18 The bill specifies that the workgroup shall consist of five 3 19 ex officio, nonvoting legislative members with each member 3 20 separately appointed by the majority and minority leaders in 3 21 each chamber. 3 22 The bill specifies that the workgroup shall consist of one ex 3 23 officio, nonvoting member appointed by the chief justice of the 3 24 supreme court who shall also preside over the workgroup. 3 25 The bill authorizes the workgroup to meet up to two times 3 26 during the 2018 legislative interim and to submit findings and 3 27 recommendations including any recommendations for proposed 3 28 legislation in a report to the general assembly by November 1, 3 29 2018. 3 30 The bill does not authorize any workgroup (legislative and 3 31 nonlegislative) member to receive reimbursement for actual or 3 32 travel expenses or to receive a per diem. 3 33 The bill authorizes the Iowa public information board to 3 34 allocate up to $1,000 from the operating budget of the board to 3 35 pay the administrative costs of the workgroup. 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