Bill Text: IA SF2234 | 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.(Formerly SF 2103.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-24 - Referred to Judiciary. S.J. 621. [SF2234 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2234-Introduced.html
Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2234
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2103)
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
IOWA:
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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
department
shall
adopt
rules
in
accordance
with
12
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
establishes
a
cold
case
investigation
unit
within
17
the
department
of
public
safety.
18
The
bill
provides
that
the
commissioner
of
public
safety
19
may
assign
the
cold
case
investigation
unit
to
a
division
or
20
bureau
within
the
department.
Under
the
bill,
the
cold
case
21
investigation
unit
shall,
within
the
capabilities
of
the
unit,
22
conduct
criminal
investigations
after
an
initial
criminal
23
investigation
has
been
completed
by
the
law
enforcement
agency
24
conducting
the
initial
criminal
investigation.
The
bill
25
specifies
that
the
unit
shall
focus
on
investigations
related
26
to
unsolved
murders,
missing
children,
and
missing
adults
27
presumed
to
be
deceased.
28
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
of
public
safety
shall
29
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
provisions
of
the
bill.
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