Relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of public safety

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 21, 2023
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. 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

This bill establishes a cold case investigation unit within the department of public safety. The bill provides that the commissioner of public safety may assign the cold case investigation unit to a division or bureau within the department. Under the bill, the cold case investigation unit shall, within the capabilities of the unit, conduct criminal investigations after an initial criminal investigation has been completed by the law enforcement agency conducting the initial criminal investigation.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named January 11, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. J. Taylor
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach DEmail
• Sen. Jeff Reichman REmail

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Fiscal note

The costs of 2.0 Special Agent FTE positions for the Cold Case Investigation Unit are shown in

• Cold Case Unit · March 10, 2023

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§80.31

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Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

• HF 63 Relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of p…
  89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 151 Relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of p…
  89th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 561 · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 2234 Relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of p…
  89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
  Cleared committee
• SF 561 Relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of p…
  89th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same title
  Passed a chamber
• SF 2103 Relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of p…
  89th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2234 · very similar
  Cleared committee
• HF 2430 Relating to the establishment of a cold case investigation unit within the department of p…
  88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.