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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 401: Relating to a law enforcement agency providing annual training to law enforcement officers relating to de-escalation techniques and the prevention of bias

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 it does

This bill relates to a law enforcement agency providing annual training to law enforcement officers relating to de-escalation techniques and the prevention of bias. Current law requires a law enforcement agency to provide annual training to every law enforcement officer on issues relating to de-escalation techniques and the prevention of bias. The bill removes the requirement that annual training for law enforcement officers include training relating to the prevention of bias, instruction on diverse communities, causes of biased law enforcement actions, instruction on implicit bias, and the history and the role of the civil rights movement and the impact on law enforcement.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 0 for, 10 against

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowa Psychological Association; Iowa Safe Schools; League of Women Voters of Iowa; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Iowa; One Iowa; One Iowa Action

In plain words

  1. February 22, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF401