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Relating to domestic abuse, including provisions relating to the implementation of a domestic abuse lethality screening assessment and supervised electronic tracking and monitoring

Topics:Courts & civil lawCrime & corrections

Same legislation: SF 578

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2019
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2019
  3. Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2019
  4. Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 578
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 578 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 578 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to domestic abuse lethality screening by peace officers.12(1).12(1), the peace officer shall also conduct a validated, evidence-based domestic abuse lethality screening assessment with the abused person that assists peace officers, victim counselors, and others in identifying victims of domestic abuse who are most likely to be killed by such abuse in the future. If possible, the peace officer shall conduct the screening assessment verbally by presenting certain screening assessment questions to the abused person.

Read the full explanation

The bill specifies that the peace officer conducting the domestic abuse lethality screening assessment or the law enforcement agency that has received such a screening assessment shall be responsible for providing the county attorney with the results of the screening assessment.2A and the defendant is a high risk to reoffend.2(1)(a).2 relating to conditions of release of a person after arrest. In determining the conditions of release, the bill requires the court to take into account the results of a domestic abuse lethality screening assessment, if available.2A(4) or (5), to be supervised by an electronic tracking and monitoring system, upon release, when the person is not confined in a secure area of a community-based correctional facility until such time as the district department determines the person may be supervised without the electronic tracking and monitoring system.3.2(3), which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.

Full bill text1

Senate subcommittee

Named February 27, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Fiscal note

Table 1 displays total electronic monitoring costs based on supervision status.

Reading a fiscal note2

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§236.12§811.2§905.16

How the Code works3

Lobbying

2 for · 2 against · 9 undecided · Who →

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