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A bill for an act relating to short course law enforcement training requirements.

A bill for an act relating to short course law enforcement training requirements.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
ALONS
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
Rereferred to Public Safety. H.J. 1222 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

A bill for an act relating to short course law enforcement training requirements.

A bill for an act relating to short course law enforcement training requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to short course law enforcement training requirements.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Iowa Legislature

    Rereferred to Public Safety. H.J. 1222 .

  2. 2025-04-10 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 928 .

  3. 2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar. H.J. 814 .

  4. 2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. H.J. 814 .

  5. 2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 814 .

  6. 2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  7. 2025-03-17 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/18/2025 8:15AM House Lounge 2.

  8. 2025-03-17 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Gearhart, Gosa and Hermanson. H.J. 677 .

  9. 2025-03-12 Iowa Legislature

    Read first time, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 614 .

  10. 2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature

    Message from Senate. H.J. 606 .

  11. 2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature

    Immediate message. S.J. 485 .

  12. 2025-03-11 Iowa Legislature

    Passed Senate , yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 481 .

  13. 2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature

    Placed on calendar.

  14. 2025-02-26 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 370 .

  15. 2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  16. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2025 12:30PM Senate Lounge.

  17. 2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Webster, Green, and Quirmbach. S.J. 153 .

  18. 2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 134 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to short course law enforcement training requirements.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

137

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

137

BY

ALONS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

short

course

law

enforcement

training

1

requirements.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

137

Section

1.

Section

80B.11D,

subsection

3,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

3.

An

individual

who

submits

an

application

pursuant

to

3

subsection

1

shall,

at

a

minimum,

submit

proof

of

successful

4

completion

of

a

two-year

or

four-year

police

science

or

5

criminal

justice

program

at

an

accredited

educational

6

institution

in

this

state

approved

by

the

academy.

7

EXPLANATION

8

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

9

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

10

This

bill

relates

to

short

course

law

enforcement

training

11

requirements.

12

Currently,

an

individual

who

is

not

a

certified

law

13

enforcement

officer

may

apply

for

attendance

at

a

short

course

14

of

study

at

an

approved

law

enforcement

training

program

if

15

the

individual

is

sponsored

by

a

law

enforcement

agency.

An

16

individual

who

submits

an

application

shall,

at

a

minimum,

17

submit

proof

of

successful

completion

of

a

two-year

or

18

four-year

police

science

or

criminal

justice

program

at

an

19

accredited

educational

institution

in

this

state

approved

by

20

the

academy.

21

The

bill

removes

the

requirement

that

the

two-year

or

22

four-year

police

science

or

criminal

justice

program

must

be

23

from

an

accredited

educational

institution

in

Iowa,

but

retains

24

the

requirement

that

the

two-year

or

four-year

police

science

25

or

criminal

justice

program

be

completed

at

an

accredited

26

educational

institution

approved

by

the

academy.

27

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