SF482 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to duties of the attorney general concerning public employees killed as a result of criminal action while in the scope of employment.

Labor

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: GUTH
Last action: 2025-03-04
Official status: Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 405 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to duties of the attorney general concerning public employees killed as a result of criminal action while in the scope of employment.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to duties of the attorney general concerning public employees killed as a result of criminal action while in the scope of employment.

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Bill History

2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Schultz, Blake, and Bousselot. S.J. 405 .
2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 391 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to duties of the attorney general concerning public employees killed as a result of criminal action while in the scope of employment.

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Senate

File

482

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

482

BY

GUTH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

duties

of

the

attorney

general

concerning

1

public

employees

killed

as

a

result

of

criminal

action

while

2

in

the

scope

of

employment.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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482

Section

1.

Section

13.2,

subsection

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

1

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

r.

Provide

legal

representation

in

contempt

3

of

court

proceedings

to

recover

criminal

restitution

ordered

in

4

a

case

in

which

a

public

employee,

as

defined

in

section

20.3,

5

subsection

9,

was

killed

as

a

result

of

criminal

action

while

6

in

the

scope

of

employment.

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

duties

of

the

attorney

general.

11

The

bill

directs

the

attorney

general

to

provide

legal

12

representation

in

contempt

of

court

proceedings

to

recover

13

criminal

restitution

ordered

in

a

case

in

which

a

public

14

employee

was

killed

as

a

result

of

criminal

action

while

in

the

15

scope

of

employment.

“Public

employee”

means

any

individual

16

employed

by

a

public

employer.

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