HF42 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the review of an officer-involved shooting case by a county attorney.(See HF 549 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: MEGGERS
Last action: 2025-03-14
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the review of an officer-involved shooting case by a county attorney.(See HF 549 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the review of an officer-involved shooting case by a county attorney.(See HF 549 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-14 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 660 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 549 .
2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 311 .
2025-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 311 .
2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-01-29 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/30/2025 11:15AM House Lounge 2.
2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Meggers, Gjerde and Rinker. H.J. 81 .
2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 44 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the review of an officer-involved shooting case by a county attorney.(See HF 549 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

42

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

42

BY

MEGGERS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

review

of

an

officer-involved

shooting

1

case

by

a

county

attorney.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

42

Section

1.

Section

331.756,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

76.

a.

In

the

case

of

an

officer-involved

3

shooting

resulting

in

the

death

or

serious

bodily

injury

of

a

4

person,

review

the

evidence

and

render

a

written

opinion

and

5

charging

decision,

convene

a

grand

jury,

or

refer

the

case

to

6

the

attorney

general

as

provided

in

section

13.12.

7

b.

A

written

report

detailing

the

results

of

the

review

8

specified

in

paragraph

“a”

shall

be

provided

within

one

hundred

9

eighty

days

to

the

officer

involved

or

the

officer’s

legal

10

counsel

and

the

officer’s

employing

agency.

11

c.

If

the

case

presents

a

conflict

of

interest,

the

review

12

shall

be

referred

to

an

independent

county

attorney,

the

13

attorney

general,

or

a

special

prosecutor.

14

d.

For

the

purposes

of

this

subsection,

“officer”

means

the

15

same

as

defined

in

section

801.4,

subsection

11.

16

EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

This

bill

relates

to

the

review

of

an

officer-involved

20

shooting

case

by

a

county

attorney.

21

The

bill

provides

that

in

the

case

of

an

officer-involved

22

shooting

resulting

in

the

death

or

serious

bodily

injury

of

23

a

person,

the

county

attorney

shall

review

the

evidence

and

24

render

a

written

opinion

and

charging

decision,

convene

a

grand

25

jury,

or

refer

the

case

to

the

attorney

general.

A

written

26

report

detailing

the

results

of

the

review

shall

be

provided

27

to

the

officer

involved

or

the

officer’s

legal

counsel

and

28

the

officer’s

employing

agency

within

180

days.

If

the

case

29

presents

a

conflict

of

interest,

the

review

shall

be

referred

30

to

an

independent

county

attorney,

the

attorney

general,

or

a

31

special

prosecutor.

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