Bill Text: IA HSB677 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the ability of peace officers to file a petition for emergency protective orders on behalf of persons seeking relief from domestic abuse.(See HF 2571.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-19 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2571. [HSB677 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB677-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
677
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HOLT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
ability
of
peace
officers
to
file
1
a
petition
for
emergency
protective
orders
on
behalf
of
2
persons
seeking
relief
from
domestic
abuse.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
236.6,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
A
peace
officer
may
file
a
petition
3
under
subsection
1
on
behalf
of
a
person
if
that
person
claims
4
to
be
in
present
danger
of
domestic
abuse
and
the
person
5
requests
the
peace
officer
to
submit
the
petition.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
allows
a
peace
officer
to
file
a
petition
to
10
receive
a
72-hour
emergency
protective
order
on
a
person’s
11
behalf
if
the
person
claims
to
be
in
present
danger
of
domestic
12
abuse
and
the
person
requests
the
peace
officer
to
submit
the
13
petition.
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