Relating to the duties of the director of the department of corrections, the board of corrections, superintendents, and district directors

Proposed by the Department of Corrections · all agency proposals

Topics:State government

Same legislation: HF 398

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2025
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 11, 202562–29
Done: Senate committeeApril 2, 2025
Done: Passes the SenateApril 17, 202532–15
Done: To the GovernorMay 6, 2025
Done: Signed into lawMay 6, 2025

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What’s in it

This bill relates to the duties of the director of the department of corrections, the board of corrections, superintendents, and district directors. The bill provides that the director of the department of corrections shall appoint, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, the superintendents of the department of corrections institutions. Current law requires the approval of the board. Current law provides that a superintendent serves at the pleasure of the director but removal of a superintendent shall occur only after an opportunity is given the person to be heard before the board and the director and upon preferred written charges.

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The bill removes the requirement of an opportunity to be heard. The bill provides that the director shall appoint, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, a district director for each district department. Current law requires the approval of the board. _____ The bill provides that the district director has the immediate custody and control, subject to the orders and policies of the director, of all property used in connection with the district department except as otherwise provided by statute. The director serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority but a district director may be removed for inability or refusal to properly perform the duties of the office. The bill provides that the director, subject to the advice and recommendations of the board, may secure options to purchase real estate and acquire and sell real estate for the proper uses of the institutions. Current law requires the approval of the board.

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House subcommittee

Named January 30, 2025. On February 6, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§904.301 §904.301A §904.317

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Lobbying

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

Study bill

HSB 111Renumbered

91st General Assembly

HF 398Became lawfrom HSB 111

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