Relating to law enforcement and certain criminal offenses, and providing penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 1, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 1, 2021
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 3, 2021
4. –
   Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 534
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 534 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 534 What’s a funnel?

Amendments · 4

1 adopted · 1 failed · 2 never voted on. Newest first.

• H-1306 · filed March 25, 2021 by

  AI summary This amendment adds new rules regarding capital murder and the death penalty. It allows the attorney general to intervene in death penalty cases, requires the state public defender to provide specialized legal counsel, and establishes a process for determining if an inmate is sane before execution. It also mandates that the Iowa Supreme Court automatically review all death sentences and creates rules for how defendants can claim intellectual disability or mental illness to avoid the death penalty. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• S-3068 · filed March 10, 2021 by Sen. Liz Mathis (D)

  AI summary This amendment adds new rules that prohibit law enforcement from treating people differently based on personal characteristics like race, religion, or gender. It requires law enforcement agencies to collect and report data on every stop they make and establishes the right for individuals to sue for violations of these rules. Additionally, it changes the membership and structure of the justice and community policing advisory board. Its wording →
  Never voted on
• S-3067 · filed March 10, 2021 by Sen. Kevin Kinney (D)

  AI summary This amendment changes the term aggravated to serious and adds a rule that if a person is arrested a second time during the same event for certain offenses, they will be charged with a crime one degree higher. It also changes the timing requirement for these arrests to twenty-four hours after the second arrest. Its wording →
  Failed
  March 10, 2021
• S-3063 · filed March 10, 2021 by Sen. Dan Dawson (R)

  AI summary This amendment removes several parts of the original bill and adds a new rule that makes it an aggravated misdemeanor to possess a tool or device with the intent to disrupt law enforcement from using equipment to control public disorder. Its wording →
  Adopted
  March 10, 2021