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HF2194 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council.(See HF 2587 .)

A bill for an act relating to the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council.(See HF 2587 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
MEGGERS
Last action
2026-02-18
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2587 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council.(See HF 2587 .)

A bill for an act relating to the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council.(See HF 2587 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council.(See HF 2587 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2587 .

  2. 2026-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 2. Excused, 2. H.J. 324 .

  3. 2026-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 324 .

  4. 2026-02-11 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  5. 2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2026 8:00AM RM 102.

  6. 2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Meggers, Henderson and Kurth. H.J. 196 .

  7. 2026-01-29 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 172 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council.(See HF 2587 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2194

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2194

BY

MEGGERS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

membership

of

the

Iowa

law

enforcement

1

academy

council.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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2194

Section

1.

Section

80B.6,

subsection

1,

paragraphs

a,

h,

and

1

i,

Code

2026,

are

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

a.

Three

residents

One

resident

of

the

state

who

has

not

3

been

employed

as

a

certified

law

enforcement

officer

.

4

h.

A

police

officer

who

is

a

member

of

a

police

department

5

of

a

city

with

a

population

of

fifty

twenty-five

thousand

6

persons

or

more.

7

i.

A

police

officer

who

is

a

member

of

a

police

department

8

of

a

city

with

a

population

of

less

than

fifty

five

thousand

9

persons.

10

Sec.

2.

Section

80B.6,

subsection

1,

Code

2026,

is

amended

11

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraphs:

12

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

l.

A

member

of

the

Iowa

fraternal

order

of

13

police.

14

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

m.

A

police

officer

employed

by

a

regents

15

institution.

16

Sec.

3.

Section

80B.6,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

17

following

new

subsection:

18

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

4.

No

person

shall

be

eligible

to

serve

19

on

the

Iowa

law

enforcement

academy

council

for

more

than

two

20

terms

in

succession.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

This

bill

relates

to

the

membership

of

the

Iowa

law

25

enforcement

academy

council.

26

The

bill

provides

that

one

member

of

the

council

must

be

a

27

resident

of

the

state

who

has

not

been

employed

as

a

certified

28

law

enforcement

officer

and

two

additional

officers

are

29

designated

to

replace

two

residents

of

the

state.

30

The

bill

provides

that

one

member

shall

be

a

police

officer

31

who

is

a

member

of

a

police

department

of

a

city

with

a

32

population

of

25,000

persons

or

more,

and

one

member

shall

be

33

a

police

officer

who

is

a

member

of

a

police

department

of

a

34

city

with

a

population

of

less

than

5,000

persons.

Current

law

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H.F.

2194

specifies

a

population

of

50,000

or

more,

and

50,000

or

less,

1

respectively.

2

The

bill

provides

that

no

person

is

eligible

to

serve

on

the

3

Iowa

law

enforcement

academy

council

for

more

than

two

terms

4

in

succession.

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