HSB 201 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to administrative investigations under the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, civil service disciplinary hearings and appeals, and communications in professional confidence, and including effective date provisions.

This bill amends Iowa law to clarify procedures for administrative investigations involving peace officers, firefighters, EMTs, corrections officers, and other public safety personnel. It requires agencies to provide officers with witness statements and complete investigation reports upon request, ensures interviews during investigations are conducted reasonably, and mandates confidentiality for peer support communications. The bill also establishes a right for officers to seek court review of decisions placing them on a Brady-Giglio list (which affects officer credibility in court), while adding new rules to prevent conflicts of interest for prosecutors handling such cases.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2025
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Total actions
7
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 12, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 921.
legislature
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0.
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 24, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 12:15PM RM 103.
legislature
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Vondran, Gjerde and Holt.
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Public Safety.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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