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Relating to public safety telecommunicators
Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee
Topics:Public safety & emergencies
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 9, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 9, 2024
- Done: House committeeJanuary 24, 2024
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 18, 202496–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 18, 202450–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 19, 2024
- Done: Signed into lawApril 19, 2024
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What’s in it
AI summary The Iowa law enforcement academy uses the term "public safety telecommunicator" to describe people who answer emergency calls and dispatch first responders. This bill changes the official name for these workers from "communications officer" to "public safety telecommunicator" so the law matches the academy's training standards.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to public safety telecommunicators. Code section 80B.11C requires the Iowa law enforcement academy (ILEA) to establish minimum standards for training of public safety telecommunicators. “Public safety telecommunicator” is defined as a person who serves as a first responder by receiving requests for, or by dispatching requests to, emergency response agencies that include but are not limited to law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency medical services agencies. The bill changes the term “communications officer” to “public safety telecommunicator” to conform with the term used by ILEA in establishing minimum standards for training of public safety telecommunicators.
House subcommittee
Named January 9, 2024 (as HSB 522). On January 16, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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