Bill Text: IA HF312 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation task force within the department of public safety.(Formerly HF 63.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Appropriations. H.J. 716. [HF312 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF312-Introduced.html
House File 312 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 312 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 63) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the establishment of a cold case 1 investigation task force within the department of public 2 safety. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1946HV (2) 89 as/rh
H.F. 312 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80.31 Cold case investigation task 1 force. 2 1. A state cold case investigation task force, comprised of 3 law enforcement officers from various law enforcement agencies, 4 is created under the control, direction, and supervision of the 5 commissioner. The task force shall, within the capabilities 6 of the task force, conduct criminal investigations after 7 an initial criminal investigation has been completed by 8 the law enforcement agency conducting the initial criminal 9 investigation. The task force shall focus on investigations 10 related to unsolved murders, missing children, and missing 11 adults. 12 2. The commissioner shall hire at least two full-time task 13 force personnel to the cold case investigation task force. 14 3. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with 15 chapter 17A to administer this section. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill establishes a cold case investigation task force 20 within the department of public safety. 21 The bill provides that a state cold case task force is 22 created under the control, direction, and supervision of the 23 commissioner of public safety. The cold case investigation 24 task force shall, within the capabilities of the task force, 25 conduct criminal investigations after an initial criminal 26 investigation has been completed by the law enforcement agency 27 conducting the initial criminal investigation. The task force 28 shall be comprised of law enforcement officers from various law 29 enforcement agencies. The bill specifies that the task force 30 shall focus on investigations related to unsolved murders, 31 missing children, and missing adults. 32 The bill provides that the commissioner shall hire at 33 least two full-time task force personnel to the cold case 34 investigation task force, and the department of public safety 35 -1- LSB 1946HV (2) 89 as/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 312 shall adopt rules to administer the provisions of the bill. 1 -2- LSB 1946HV (2) 89 as/rh 2/ 2
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