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HOUSE
FILE
747
BY
WOOD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
a
human
trafficking
task
force
and
an
1
annual
report
to
the
general
assembly.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
80.45,
subsection
3,
paragraph
h,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
h.
By
November
1,
2017,
and
annually
thereafter,
submit
3
a
Submit
an
annual
written
report
by
November
1
to
the
4
general
assembly
regarding
the
office’s
activities
related
5
to
combatting
human
trafficking
and
occurrences
of
human
6
trafficking
within
this
state
,
and
that
includes
the
findings
7
and
recommendations
provided
by
the
human
trafficking
task
8
force
pursuant
to
section
80.45B,
subsection
5
.
9
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
80.45B
Human
trafficking
task
force.
10
1.
The
commissioner
shall
establish,
by
January
30,
2026,
a
11
task
force
that
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
12
a.
Collaborate
with
the
office
to
combat
human
trafficking.
13
b.
Identify
current
services
available
in
the
state
to
14
victims
of
human
trafficking.
15
c.
Develop
information
and
materials
available
to
the
public
16
to
educate
members
of
the
public
on
ways
to
provide
assistance
17
to
a
person
who
may
be
a
victim
of
human
trafficking.
18
d.
Report
on
findings
and
make
recommendations
in
the
report
19
submitted
to
the
general
assembly
under
subsection
5.
20
2.
The
task
force
shall
consist
of
the
following
members:
21
a.
The
commissioner
or
the
commissioner’s
designee.
22
b.
The
coordinator
of
the
office
to
combat
human
23
trafficking.
24
c.
The
director
of
the
law
enforcement
academy
or
the
25
director’s
designee.
26
d.
The
attorney
general
or
the
attorney
general’s
designee.
27
e.
The
director
of
the
department
of
corrections
or
the
28
director’s
designee.
29
f.
The
director
of
the
department
of
education
or
the
30
director’s
designee.
31
g.
The
following
members
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
32
governor:
33
(1)
The
chief
of
police
or
head
law
enforcement
official
of
34
a
city
in
this
state
with
a
population
of
two
hundred
thousand
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or
more
as
determined
by
the
most
recent
population
estimates
1
issued
by
the
United
States
bureau
of
census.
2
(2)
The
chief
of
police
or
head
law
enforcement
official
of
3
a
city
in
this
state
with
a
population
of
less
than
two
hundred
4
thousand
as
determined
by
the
most
recent
population
estimates
5
issued
by
the
United
States
bureau
of
census.
6
(3)
A
county
sheriff.
7
(4)
A
county
supervisor.
8
(5)
A
county
attorney.
9
(6)
A
mayor
or
city
manager.
10
(7)
An
individual
involved
with
the
control
or
prevention
of
11
juvenile
delinquency
in
the
state.
12
(8)
An
individual
involved
with
the
control
or
prevention
of
13
child
abuse
in
the
state.
14
(9)
Six
members
from
the
general
public,
at
least
three
of
15
whom
are
female,
that
includes
all
of
the
following:
16
(a)
A
professional
involved
with
child
welfare
issues.
17
(b)
A
professional
involved
with
juvenile
delinquency
18
proceedings.
19
(c)
An
individual
who
resides
in
a
rural
area.
20
(d)
An
individual
who
resides
in
an
urban
area.
21
3.
a.
The
members
of
the
task
force
appointed
by
the
22
governor
shall
serve
six-year
terms,
except
that
of
the
members
23
first
appointed,
four
shall
serve
an
initial
two-year
term,
24
four
shall
serve
an
initial
four-year
term,
and
six
shall
serve
25
an
initial
six-year
term.
Thereafter,
all
other
appointed
26
members
shall
serve
a
six-year
term.
27
b.
The
governor
shall
appoint
a
new
member
to
fill
a
vacancy
28
that
occurs
before
the
end
of
the
term
of
a
member
appointed
by
29
the
governor,
and
the
newly
appointed
member
shall
serve
for
30
the
remaining
period
of
the
term.
31
c.
A
member
of
the
task
force
may
be
appointed
to
serve
more
32
than
one
term.
33
d.
A
member
shall
not
continue
to
serve
on
the
task
force
34
beyond
the
date
at
which
the
member
no
longer
holds
the
office,
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employment,
or
status
by
which
the
member
had
been
eligible
to
1
serve
on
the
task
force.
2
e.
A
member
of
the
task
force
appointed
by
the
governor
3
may
be
removed
from
the
task
force
for
being
absent
from
three
4
regularly
scheduled
meetings
of
the
task
force
during
any
5
six-month
period.
6
f.
Eleven
members
of
the
task
force
shall
constitute
a
7
quorum
and
the
task
force
shall
have
the
power
to
act
by
a
8
majority
of
the
members
present
at
any
meeting
at
which
a
9
quorum
is
present.
10
4.
The
commissioner
or
the
commissioner’s
designee
shall
11
serve
as
the
chairperson
of
the
task
force.
12
5.
The
commissioner
or
the
commissioner’s
designee
shall
13
provide
the
findings
and
recommendations
of
the
task
force
14
to
the
coordinator
of
the
office
of
human
trafficking
for
15
inclusion
in
the
annual
report
submitted
by
the
office
to
the
16
general
assembly
pursuant
to
section
80.45,
subsection
3,
17
paragraph
“h”
.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
directs
the
commissioner
of
public
safety
to
22
establish
a
human
trafficking
task
force
to
investigate
human
23
trafficking
(trafficking)
in
the
state,
collaborate
with
the
24
office
to
combat
human
trafficking,
identify
current
services
25
available
in
the
state
to
victims
of
human
trafficking,
develop
26
information
and
materials
available
to
the
public
to
educate
27
members
of
the
public
on
ways
to
provide
assistance
to
a
28
person
who
may
be
a
victim
of
human
trafficking,
and
report
on
29
findings
and
make
recommendations
in
the
report
submitted
to
30
the
general
assembly.
31
The
required
members
of
the
task
force
are
specified
in
32
the
bill.
The
bill
requires
the
commissioner
to
provide
33
the
findings
and
recommendations
of
the
task
force
to
the
34
coordinator
of
the
office
of
human
trafficking
for
inclusion
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in
the
annual
report
submitted
by
the
office
to
the
general
1
assembly
by
November
1.
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