Bill Text: IA HF2559 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the revocation or suspension of the certification of a law enforcement officer.(Formerly HSB 550.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-28 - Amendment H-8099 filed. H.J. 453. [HF2559 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2559-Introduced.html
House File 2559 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2559 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 550) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the revocation or suspension of the 1 certification of a law enforcement officer. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5384HV (1) 90 as/js
H.F. 2559 Section 1. Section 80B.13A, subsection 5, Code 2024, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. Any All investigatory materials, including any 3 recommendation, notification, or other record or information 4 provided by an employing agency or the attorney general 5 pursuant to this section shall be confidential except as 6 required by rule or order of the council, an administrative law 7 judge, or a reviewing court. Any employing agency or person 8 who, acting reasonably and in good faith, files a notification 9 or recommendation, releases information, or otherwise 10 cooperates with an investigation under this section is immune 11 from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise 12 be incurred or imposed for such action. If the investigative 13 information in the possession of the academy indicates a crime 14 has been committed, the information shall be reported to the 15 proper law enforcement agency. However, a final written 16 decision and finding of fact of the council in a disciplinary 17 proceeding or an informal stipulation and settlement agreement 18 are public records. 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 This bill relates to the revocation or suspension of the 23 certification of a law enforcement officer. 24 The bill provides that all investigatory materials, 25 including any recommendation, notification, or other record or 26 information provided by an employing agency or the attorney 27 general shall be confidential except as required by rule 28 or order of the council, an administrative law judge, or a 29 reviewing court. If the investigative information in the 30 possession of the academy indicates a crime has been committed, 31 the information shall be reported to the proper law enforcement 32 agency. 33 The bill provides that a final written decision and finding 34 of fact of the council in a disciplinary proceeding or an 35 -1- LSB 5384HV (1) 90 as/js 1/ 2
H.F. 2559 informal stipulation and settlement agreement are public 1 records. 2 -2- LSB 5384HV (1) 90 as/js 2/ 2
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