Bill Text: IA HF277 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the department of public safety and unsolved criminal investigations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-28 - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 232. [HF277 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF277-Introduced.html
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BY
WHEELER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
department
of
public
safety
and
unsolved
1
criminal
investigations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
80.48
Division
of
criminal
1
investigation
——
cold
cases.
2
1.
The
commissioner
shall
direct
the
chief
of
the
division
3
of
criminal
investigation
to
publish,
on
the
division
of
4
criminal
investigation’s
internet
site,
a
list
containing
5
specific
information
about
a
victim
involved
in
a
cold
case
6
and
all
currently
active
cold
cases
in
which
the
division
of
7
criminal
investigation
is
or
has
been
involved
with
in
this
8
state.
The
information
provided
on
the
internet
site
shall
9
include,
if
available,
all
of
the
following
information:
10
a.
A
photograph
of
the
victim.
11
b.
The
height,
weight,
eye
color,
date
of
birth
of
the
12
victim,
and,
if
the
victim
is
a
missing
person,
the
date
the
13
victim
was
reported
missing.
14
c.
The
location
where
the
victim
was
last
seen.
15
d.
If
the
victim
has
been
missing
for
over
five
years,
a
16
sketch,
or
an
artificial
intelligence
aging
program
photograph,
17
of
what
the
victim
may
look
like
at
the
victim’s
current
age.
18
2.
The
division
of
criminal
investigation’s
internet
site
19
shall
include
the
ability
for
a
person
to
input
any
information
20
the
person
may
have
regarding
a
listed
cold
case.
21
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“cold
case”
means
an
22
unsolved
criminal
investigation
that
has
stopped
being
actively
23
pursued
because
of
a
lack
of
evidence.
24
4.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
in
accordance
with
25
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
the
department
of
public
safety
and
30
unsolved
criminal
investigations.
31
The
bill
provides
that
the
commissioner
of
public
32
safety
shall
direct
the
chief
of
the
division
of
criminal
33
investigation
to
publish
on
the
division’s
internet
site
a
34
list
containing
specific
information
about
a
victim
involved
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in
a
cold
case
and
all
currently
active
cold
cases
in
which
1
the
division
of
criminal
investigation
is
or
has
been
involved
2
with
in
this
state.
The
information
provided
shall
include,
if
3
available,
all
of
the
following:
a
photograph
of
the
victim;
4
the
height,
weight,
eye
color,
date
of
birth
of
the
victim,
5
and,
if
the
victim
is
a
missing
person,
the
date
the
victim
6
was
reported
missing;
the
location
where
the
victim
was
last
7
seen;
and
if
the
victim
has
been
missing
for
over
five
years,
a
8
sketch,
or
an
artificial
intelligence
aging
program
photograph,
9
of
what
the
victim
may
look
like
at
the
victim’s
current
age.
10
The
internet
site
shall
include
the
ability
for
a
person
to
11
input
information
the
person
may
have
regarding
a
listed
cold
12
case.
13
The
bill
defines
“cold
case”
as
an
unsolved
criminal
14
investigation
that
has
stopped
being
actively
pursued
because
15
of
a
lack
of
evidence.
16
The
bill
directs
the
department
to
adopt
rules
in
accordance
17
with
Code
chapter
17A
to
administer
the
bill.
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