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Relating to public safety telecommunicators
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Topics:Public safety & emergencies
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 10, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 30, 2024
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 18, 202450–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 18, 202496–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 19, 2024
- Done: Signed into lawApril 19, 2024
HF 2163 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2163, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2163 What’s a funnel?
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 help. 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.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 10, 2024 (as SSB 3030). On January 25, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
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