Bill Text: IA SF2230 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a community violence task force. (See SF 2269.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 255. [SF2230 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2230-Introduced.html
Senate File 2230 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY JOCHUM A BILL FOR 1 An Act creating a community violence task force. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5885XS (2) 86 jm/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. COMMUNITY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE. 1 2 1. The attorney general shall establish a statewide 1 3 community violence task force to investigate violence in 1 4 communities, including gun violence, to review proposed 1 5 solutions to such violence, and to develop and make 1 6 recommendations for establishing safe communities free from 1 7 violence throughout the state. The members of the task force 1 8 shall include stakeholders in the criminal justice system, 1 9 community leaders, local government officials, and legislators. 1 10 2. The community violence task force shall submit a report 1 11 containing recommendations to the general assembly by January 1 12 15, 2017. 1 13 EXPLANATION 1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 16 This bill provides that the attorney general shall establish 1 17 a community violence task force to investigate violence in 1 18 communities around the state, to review proposed solutions to 1 19 such violence, and to develop and make recommendations for 1 20 establishing safe communities free from violence throughout the 1 21 state. 1 22 The bill provides that the members of the task force shall 1 23 include stakeholders in the criminal justice system, community 1 24 leaders, local government officials, and legislators. 1 25 The bill requires the task force to submit a report 1 26 containing recommendations to the general assembly by January 1 27 15, 2017. LSB 5885XS (2) 86 jm/sc