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HOUSE
FILE
937
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
264)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
26,
2025
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
certain
administrative
procedures
involving
1
law
enforcement
officers,
including
the
revocation
or
2
suspension
of
law
enforcement
officer
certification
and
3
communications
in
professional
confidence,
and
including
4
effective
date
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
80B.11,
subsection
1,
paragraph
h,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
80B.13A,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
3
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
a.
“Final”
means
that
all
appeals
through
a
grievance
5
procedure
,
civil
service
action,
or
other
cause
of
action
or
6
procedure
available
to
the
officer
or
civil
service
have
been
7
exhausted.
8
Sec.
3.
Section
80B.13A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
c,
Code
9
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
10
Sec.
4.
Section
80B.13A,
subsection
3,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
11
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
a.
For
any
other
grounds
authorized
by
rules
adopted
13
pursuant
to
section
80B.11,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“h”
,
or
14
section
80D.4A
The
law
enforcement
officer
or
reserve
peace
15
officer
has
been
discharged
for
just
cause
from
employment
as
a
16
law
enforcement
officer
or
reserve
peace
officer
and
the
action
17
is
final
.
18
b.
When
an
employing
agency
recommends
to
the
council
that
19
revocation
or
suspension
would
be
appropriate
with
regard
to
a
20
current
or
former
employee.
A
recommendation
by
an
employing
21
agency
must
be
in
writing
and
set
forth
the
reasons
why
the
22
action
is
being
recommended,
the
findings
of
the
employing
23
agency
concerning
the
matter,
the
action
taken
by
the
employing
24
agency,
and
that
the
action
by
the
agency
is
final
The
law
25
enforcement
officer
or
reserve
peace
officer
voluntarily
quits
26
when
disciplinary
action
was
pending,
under
circumstances
27
warranting
discharge
or
removal
for
just
cause
.
28
Sec.
5.
Section
80B.13A,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
29
following
new
subsections:
30
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
No
grounds
for
revocation
actions
31
may
be
maintained
other
than
as
expressly
provided
in
this
32
section.
Any
actions
pending
before
the
council
on
grounds
33
other
than
expressly
provided
for
in
this
section
shall
be
34
immediately
dismissed.
The
rules
of
evidence
shall
apply
to
a
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contested
case
involving
the
revocation
or
suspension
of
a
law
1
enforcement
officer’s
or
reserve
peace
officer’s
certification.
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
If
the
law
enforcement
officer’s
or
3
reserve
peace
officer’s
certification
was
suspended
pursuant
4
to
an
order
of
the
council
or
settlement
agreement,
the
5
officer
shall
not
be
required
to
apply
for
reinstatement
of
the
6
officer’s
certification
upon
completion
of
the
suspension.
7
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9.
The
academy
shall
promptly
provide
8
copies
of
the
complete
investigative
report
and
records
9
concerning
the
law
enforcement
officer
or
reserve
peace
officer
10
to
the
officer
or
the
officer’s
legal
counsel
upon
written
11
request.
12
Sec.
6.
Section
622.10,
subsection
9,
paragraph
a,
Code
13
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
a.
A
peer
support
group
counselor
or
individual
present
15
for
a
individual
or
group
crisis
intervention
who
obtains
16
information
from
an
officer
or
a
civilian
employee
of
a
law
17
enforcement
agency
,
emergency
management
agency,
emergency
18
medical
services
agency,
or
fire
department
by
reason
of
the
19
counselor’s
capacity
as
a
peer
support
group
counselor
or
20
an
individual’s
presence
for
a
individual
or
group
crisis
21
intervention
shall
not
be
allowed
,
in
giving
testimony,
to
22
disclose
any
confidential
communication
properly
entrusted
23
to
the
counselor
or
individual
present
for
a
group
crisis
24
intervention
by
the
officer
or
civilian
employee
while
25
receiving
counseling
or
group
crisis
intervention
including
in
26
giving
testimony
.
27
Sec.
7.
Section
622.10,
subsection
9,
paragraph
c,
28
subparagraphs
(1)
and
(2),
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
29
follows:
30
(1)
“Officer”
means
a
certified
law
enforcement
officer,
31
fire
fighter,
emergency
medical
technician
or
medical
provider
,
32
paramedic,
corrections
officer,
detention
officer,
jailer,
33
probation
or
parole
officer,
public
safety
telecommunicator,
34
dispatcher,
emergency
management
coordinator
under
chapter
29C
,
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or
any
other
law
enforcement
officer
certified
by
the
Iowa
law
1
enforcement
academy
and
employed
by
a
city,
county,
or
state
2
agency.
3
(2)
“Peer
support
group
counselor”
means
a
law
enforcement
4
officer,
fire
fighter,
civilian
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
5
agency
or
fire
department,
or
a
nonemployee
counselor
who
6
has
been
designated
as
a
peer
support
group
counselor
by
a
7
sheriff,
police
chief,
fire
chief,
or
department
head
of
a
8
law
enforcement
agency,
fire
department,
or
emergency
medical
9
services
agency
and
who
has
received
training
to
provide
10
emotional
and
moral
support
and
counseling
to
an
officer
or
11
group
who
needs
those
services
as
a
result
of
an
incident
in
12
which
the
officer
or
group
was
involved
while
acting
in
the
13
officer’s
or
group’s
official
capacity.
14
Sec.
8.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
15
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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