Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the department of public safety and unsolved criminal investigations
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 The Iowa Department of Public Safety would create a list on its website about unsolved criminal investigations known as cold cases. This list would include details like photos, physical descriptions, and where victims were last seen to help people identify them. The website would also allow anyone to submit information they might have about these cases.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the department of public safety and unsolved criminal investigations. The bill provides that the commissioner of public safety shall direct the chief of the division of criminal investigation to publish on the division’s internet site a list containing specific information about a victim involved in a cold case and all currently active cold cases in which the division of criminal investigation is or has been involved with in this state. The information provided shall include, if available, all of the following: a photograph of the victim; the height, weight, eye color, date of birth of the victim, and, if the victim is a missing person, the date the victim was reported missing; the location where the victim was last seen; and if the victim has been missing for over five years, a sketch, or an artificial intelligence aging program photograph, of what the victim may look like at the victim’s current age. The internet site shall include the ability for a person to input information the person may have regarding a listed cold case. The bill defines “cold case” as an unsolved criminal investigation that has stopped being actively pursued because of a lack of evidence. The bill directs the department to adopt rules in accordance with Code chapter 17A to administer the bill.