Bill Text: IA SF151 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of public safety.(See SF 561.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 561. S.J. 526. [SF151 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF151-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
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BY
J.
TAYLOR
(COMPANION
TO
HF
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BY
WHEELER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
establishment
of
a
cold
case
1
investigation
unit
within
the
department
of
public
safety.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
80.31
Cold
case
investigation
unit.
1
1.
A
state
cold
case
investigation
unit
is
created
under
2
the
control,
direction,
and
supervision
of
the
commissioner.
3
The
commissioner
may
assign
the
cold
case
investigation
unit
4
to
a
division
or
bureau
within
the
department.
The
unit
5
shall,
within
the
capabilities
of
the
unit,
conduct
criminal
6
investigations
after
an
initial
criminal
investigation
has
been
7
completed
by
the
law
enforcement
agency
conducting
the
initial
8
criminal
investigation.
The
unit
shall
focus
on
investigations
9
related
to
unsolved
murders,
missing
children,
and
missing
10
adults
presumed
to
be
deceased.
11
2.
The
commissioner
shall
appoint
at
least
two
full-time
12
agents
to
the
cold
case
investigation
unit.
13
3.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
in
accordance
with
14
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
establishes
a
cold
case
investigation
unit
within
19
the
department
of
public
safety.
20
The
bill
provides
that
the
commissioner
of
public
safety
21
may
assign
the
cold
case
investigation
unit
to
a
division
or
22
bureau
within
the
department.
Under
the
bill,
the
cold
case
23
investigation
unit
shall,
within
the
capabilities
of
the
unit,
24
conduct
criminal
investigations
after
an
initial
criminal
25
investigation
has
been
completed
by
the
law
enforcement
agency
26
conducting
the
initial
criminal
investigation.
The
bill
27
specifies
that
the
unit
shall
focus
on
investigations
related
28
to
unsolved
murders,
missing
children,
and
missing
adults
29
presumed
to
be
deceased.
30
The
bill
provides
that
the
commissioner
shall
appoint
at
31
least
two
full-time
agents
to
the
cold
case
investigation
32
unit,
and
the
department
of
public
safety
shall
adopt
rules
to
33
administer
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
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