Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to law enforcement training concerning motorcyclist profiling
Sponsored by Rep. Joshua Meggers (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 Iowa law enforcement officers will be required to undergo new training to prevent them from targeting people just because they ride motorcycles. Local police departments must also update their official policies to condemn and prohibit this type of profiling. This rule applies to both new recruits in basic training and current officers who must complete additional training sessions.1
Read the official explanation
motorcyclist profiling. The bill requires the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy to include training devoted to the elimination of motorcyclist profiling to the minimum basic training requirements of law enforcement officers. The bill requires local law enforcement agencies to include a statement condemning and prohibiting motorcyclist profiling to current policies regarding profiling. The bill defines “motorcyclist profiling” as the illegal use of the fact that a person rides a motorcycle or wears motorcycle-related paraphernalia as a factor in deciding to stop and question, take enforcement action, arrest, or search a person or vehicle with or without a legal basis under the United States Constitution or the Constitution of the State of Iowa. The bill requires all law enforcement officers to complete an in-service training on motorcyclist profiling.
House subcommittee
Named January 15, 2025. On January 23, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: January 23, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site