Bill Text: IA SF2373 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying provisions relating to telecommunicators. (Formerly SF 2243.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 864. [SF2373 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF2373-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2373 - Enrolled Senate File 2373 AN ACT MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATORS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 80B.11, subsection 1, paragraph j, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: j. Minimum qualifications for instructors in public safety telecommunicator training schools. Sec. 2. Section 80B.11C, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 80B.11C Telecommunicator Public safety telecommunicator training standards. The director of the academy, subject to the approval of the council, in consultation with the Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association, the Iowa police executive forum, the Iowa peace officers association, the Iowa state police association, the Iowa professional fire fighters, the Iowa emergency medical services association, the joint council of Iowa fire service organizations, the Iowa department of public safety, the Iowa chapter of the association of public-safety communications officials —— international, inc., the Iowa chapter of the national emergency number association, the department of homeland security and emergency management, and the Iowa department of public health, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing minimum standards for training of public safety telecommunicators. For purposes of this section , “telecommunicator” “Public safety telecommunicator”
Senate File 2373, p. 2 means a person who receives serves as a first responder by receiving requests for, or dispatches by dispatching requests to, emergency response agencies which include but are not limited to law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency medical services agencies. ______________________________ CHARLES SCHNEIDER President of the Senate ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2373, Eighty-eighth General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2020 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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