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House
File
570
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
570
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
140)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
probation,
including
discharge
credits,
1
educational
credits,
and
workforce
credits,
and
including
2
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
907.1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
01.
“Adult
criminal
problem-solving
court”
3
means
a
court
program
under
direct
supervision
of
a
judge
4
established
to
treat
drug
or
alcohol
addiction
or
mental
5
illness
of
adults
charged
with
criminal
offenses.
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
“Discharge
credit”
means
a
fourteen-day
7
reduction
from
a
defendant’s
term
of
probation
for
each
full
8
calendar
month
the
defendant
is
in
compliance
with
the
terms
9
of
the
defendant’s
probation.
10
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2B.
“Educational
credit”
means
a
ninety-day
11
reduction
from
a
defendant’s
term
of
probation
when
a
12
defendant
earns
a
high
school
diploma,
high
school
equivalency
13
certificate,
or
academic
degree
or
completes
a
certified
14
vocational,
technical,
or
career
education
or
training
program.
15
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
“Special
probation
program”
means
a
16
program
under
the
supervision
of
a
district
court
or
a
judicial
17
district
department
of
correctional
services
established
to
18
treat
drug
or
alcohol
addiction,
mental
illness,
or
domestic
19
or
sexual
abuse
of
the
parties
involved
in
a
criminal
case,
20
or
to
improve
outcomes
for
persons
involved
in
the
program
21
including
an
intermediate
criminal
sanctions
program
under
22
section
901B.1.
23
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
“Workforce
credit”
means
a
thirty-day
24
reduction
from
a
defendant’s
term
of
probation
for
each
25
six-month
period
in
which
a
defendant
maintains
verifiable
26
employment.
27
Sec.
2.
Section
907.9,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
28
following
new
subsections:
29
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
a.
On
or
after
July
1,
2026,
a
30
defendant
on
probation
shall
earn
a
discharge
credit
from
the
31
defendant’s
term
of
probation
for
each
full
calendar
month
in
32
which
the
defendant
is
in
compliance
with
the
terms
of
the
33
defendant’s
probation.
34
b.
A
defendant
shall
not
earn
a
discharge
credit
for
a
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calendar
month
in
which
a
violation
has
occurred,
the
defendant
1
has
absconded
from
probation,
or
the
defendant
is
incarcerated,
2
except
that
a
defendant
shall
be
retroactively
awarded
a
3
discharge
credit
for
a
calendar
month
in
which
a
violation
4
allegedly
occurred
if
the
violation
is
not
sustained
by
the
5
court.
6
c.
A
defendant
shall
not
earn
a
discharge
credit
for
a
7
partial
calendar
month
or
the
last
full
calendar
month
of
8
probation.
9
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
On
or
after
July
1,
2026,
a
defendant
on
10
probation
shall
earn
an
educational
credit
from
the
defendant’s
11
term
of
probation
when
a
defendant
earns
a
high
school
diploma,
12
high
school
equivalency
certificate,
or
academic
degree
13
or
completes
a
certified
vocational,
technical,
or
career
14
education
or
training
program.
15
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
On
or
after
July
1,
2026,
a
16
defendant
on
probation
shall
earn
a
workforce
credit
from
17
the
defendant’s
term
of
probation
for
each
six-month
period
18
in
which
a
defendant
maintains
verifiable
employment
for
at
19
least
an
average
of
thirty
hours
per
week.
The
defendant’s
20
probation
officer
may
verify
such
employment
through
21
supporting
documentation,
which
may
include
but
is
not
22
limited
to
any
record,
letter,
pay
stub,
contract,
or
other
23
department-approved
methods
of
verification.
24
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9.
Beginning
July
1,
2026,
at
least
25
two
times
per
year,
the
defendant’s
probation
officer
shall
26
provide
the
defendant
with
an
accounting
of
the
defendant’s
27
discharge
credits,
educational
credits,
and
workforce
credits,
28
if
applicable,
that
have
accrued
under
subsections
6,
7,
and
29
8.
The
department
of
corrections
shall,
without
leave
of
30
court,
award
any
accrued
credits
under
subsections
6,
7,
and
31
8
toward
the
completion
of
the
defendant’s
probation
except
32
that
the
maximum
reduction
of
the
defendant’s
probation
term
33
earned
through
the
application
of
the
credits
shall
not
exceed
34
forty
percent
of
the
probation
period
imposed
and
the
defendant
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shall
not
be
discharged
from
probation
until
the
defendant’s
1
probation
officer
determines
that
fees
imposed
under
section
2
904.912
and
court
debt
collected
pursuant
to
section
602.8107
3
have
been
paid
or
are
subject
to
a
payment
plan.
The
4
department
of
corrections
shall
adopt
rules
to
implement
the
5
provisions
of
this
subsection.
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
Subsections
6,
7,
8,
and
9
shall
not
7
apply
to
proceedings
in
adult
criminal
problem-solving
courts
8
and
special
probation
programs
unless
the
problem-solving
court
9
or
special
probation
program
adopts
some
or
all
of
subsections
10
6,
7,
8,
and
9.
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
11.
Beginning
July
1,
2026,
the
department
12
of
corrections
shall
collect
information
and
report
annually
13
in
a
public
report
made
available
no
later
than
December
1
14
of
each
year
the
number
of
defendants
on
probation
who
have
15
earned
discharge
credits,
educational
credits,
and
workforce
16
credits
pursuant
to
subsections
6,
7,
and
8
during
that
year,
17
the
average
amount
of
credits
earned
per
defendant
during
that
18
year,
the
total
number
of
supervision
days
reduced
due
to
19
the
awarding
of
credits
during
that
year,
and
the
number
of
20
defendants
terminated
from
probation
early
that
year.
21
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
July
1,
2026.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
probation,
including
discharge
credits,
26
educational
credits,
and
workforce
credits.
27
Iowa
law
provides
that
upon
a
plea
of
guilty,
a
verdict
28
of
guilty,
or
a
special
verdict
upon
which
a
judgment
of
29
conviction
may
be
rendered,
the
trial
court
may
defer
judgment
30
and
may
place
the
defendant
on
probation
upon
conditions
as
31
it
may
require,
defer
the
sentence
and
assign
the
defendant
32
to
a
judicial
district
department
of
correctional
services,
33
or
suspend
the
sentence
and
place
the
defendant
on
probation
34
upon
such
terms
and
conditions
as
it
may
require
including
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commitment
to
an
alternate
jail
facility
or
a
community
1
correctional
residential
treatment
facility
to
be
followed
by
2
a
period
of
probation.
3
The
bill
provides
that
on
or
after
July
1,
2026,
a
defendant
4
on
probation
shall
earn
a
discharge
credit
from
the
defendant’s
5
term
of
probation
for
each
full
calendar
month
in
which
the
6
defendant
is
in
compliance
with
the
terms
of
the
defendant’s
7
probation.
A
defendant
shall
not
earn
a
discharge
credit
8
for
a
calendar
month
in
which
a
violation
has
occurred,
the
9
defendant
has
absconded
from
probation,
or
the
defendant
is
10
incarcerated,
except
that
a
defendant
shall
be
retroactively
11
awarded
a
discharge
credit
for
a
calendar
month
in
which
a
12
violation
allegedly
occurred
if
the
violation
is
not
sustained
13
by
the
court.
A
defendant
shall
not
earn
a
discharge
credit
14
for
a
partial
calendar
month
or
the
last
full
calendar
month
15
of
probation.
16
The
bill
provides
that
on
or
after
July
1,
2026,
a
17
defendant
on
probation
shall
earn
an
educational
credit
from
18
the
defendant’s
term
of
probation
when
a
defendant
earns
a
19
high
school
diploma,
high
school
equivalency
certificate,
or
20
academic
degree
or
completes
a
certified
vocational,
technical,
21
or
career
education
or
training
program.
22
The
bill
provides
that
on
or
after
July
1,
2026,
a
defendant
23
on
probation
shall
earn
a
workforce
credit
from
the
defendant’s
24
term
of
probation
for
each
six-month
period
in
which
a
25
defendant
maintains
verifiable
employment.
The
defendant’s
26
probation
officer
may
verify
such
employment
through
supporting
27
documentation.
28
The
bill
provides
that
beginning
July
1,
2026,
at
least
29
twice
per
year,
the
defendant’s
probation
officer
shall
30
provide
the
defendant
with
an
accounting
of
the
defendant’s
31
discharge,
educational,
and
workforce
credits.
The
department
32
of
corrections
shall,
without
leave
of
court,
award
any
accrued
33
credits
toward
the
completion
of
the
defendant’s
probation,
34
except
that
the
maximum
reduction
of
the
defendant’s
probation
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term
earned
through
the
application
of
credits
shall
not
exceed
1
40
percent
of
the
probation
period
imposed
and
the
defendant
2
shall
not
be
discharged
from
probation
until
the
probation
3
officer
determines
that
fees
and
court
debt
have
been
paid
4
off
or
are
subject
to
a
payment
plan.
A
defendant
may
seek
5
administrative
review
and
recalculation
of
the
defendant’s
6
credits.
7
The
bill
provides
that
discharge,
educational,
and
workforce
8
credits
earned
by
a
defendant
on
probation
shall
not
apply
9
to
proceedings
in
adult
criminal
problem-solving
courts
and
10
special
probation
programs
unless
the
problem-solving
court
11
or
special
probation
program
adopts
some
or
all
of
the
credit
12
provisions.
13
Beginning
July
1,
2026,
the
bill
requires
the
department
of
14
corrections
to
report
certain
information
annually
in
a
public
15
report
made
available
no
later
than
December
1
of
each
year.
16
The
bill
provides
definitions
for
“adult
criminal
17
problem-solving
court”,
“discharge
credit”,
“educational
18
credit”,
“special
probation
program”,
and
“workforce
credit”.
19
The
bill
takes
effect
July
1,
2026.
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