Bills › 88th General Assembly
Establishing a task force relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child or dependent adult with the child’s or dependent adult’s parent, guardian, or custodian following a natural disaster
Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would create a special group of experts to study how to reunite children and dependent adults with their families after a natural disaster. This group will look for problems in the current system and suggest new ways to keep these people safe and connected to their guardians. Members from various law enforcement and emergency agencies will work together to create these recommendations for the state government.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes a task force relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child or dependent adult with the child’s or dependent adult’s parent, guardian, or custodian following a natural disaster. The bill requires the department of homeland security and emergency management to convene a task force to study the current status of unaccompanied children and dependent adults following a natural disaster, who are not under the supervision of a school or the department of human services, to ascertain gaps, assess capacity concerns, identify resources, examine issues including specific issues relating to dangers a child or dependent adult may face and reunification efforts by all agencies and organizations across the response community, and develop policy recommendations relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child or dependent adult with the child’s or dependent adult’s parent, guardian, or custodian following a natural disaster. The bill provides that task force members shall include but are not limited to the department of public safety, the Iowa emergency management directors association, the Iowa state sheriffs and deputies association, a police officers association, a fire fighters association, and other agencies as deemed appropriate. The task force shall also include four legislators as ex officio, nonvoting members. The task force shall meet by October 2, 2020, and shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the general assembly for consideration during the 2021 legislative session.
Lobbying
4 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →