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Relating to short course law enforcement training requirements
Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 10, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 15, 2024
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 People who want to take short law enforcement training courses through a police agency can now use degrees from schools outside of Iowa. As long as the college or university is accredited and approved by the academy, it will count toward the application. This change affects anyone applying for these training programs who earned their criminal justice degree in another state.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to short course law enforcement training requirements. Currently, an individual who is not a certified law enforcement officer may apply for attendance at a short course of study at an approved law enforcement training program if the individual is sponsored by a law enforcement agency. An individual who submits an application shall, at a minimum, submit proof of successful completion of a two-year or four-year police science or criminal justice program at an accredited educational institution in this state approved by the academy. The bill removes the requirement that the two-year or four-year police science or criminal justice program must be from an accredited educational institution in Iowa, but retains the requirement that the two-year or four-year police science or criminal justice program be completed at an accredited educational institution approved by the academy.
House subcommittee
Named January 10, 2024 (as HSB 548). On February 15, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Similar bills
- SF 137 Relating to short course law enforcement training requirements91st General Assembly · Passed SenateNearly identical
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