HSB 82: Relating to city civil service employees and related procedures and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill relates to city civil service. The bill prohibits a city with a civil service commission established under Code chapter 400 from adopting, enforcing, or otherwise administering an ordinance, motion, resolution, or amendment, or using any other means, to establish a board or other entity for the purpose of citizen review of the conduct of police officers. The bill strikes language authorizing a city council to establish, by ordinance, the number of civil service commissioners at not less than three in a city having a population of more than 70,000.

House subcommittee · named February 3, 2025

• Rep. Sam Wengryn (R) · sam.wengryn@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Megan Jones (R) · megan.jones@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Larry McBurney (D) · larry.mcburney@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 10 against

For: Iowa Fraternal Order of Police; Iowa Professional Fire Fighters

Against: City of Cedar Rapids; City of Davenport; City of Marion; Dubuque Branch NAACP; Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund; Iowa League of Cities; Iowa Police Chief Association (FKA Iowa Police Executive Forum); Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association; Metropolitan Coalition; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska

In plain words

1. January 23, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Local Government committee
2. January 23, 2025House subcommittee named: Graber, Golding and McBurney
3. February 3, 2025House subcommittee named: Wengryn, Jones and McBurney
4. February 13, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
5. February 25, 2025Approved by the House committee
6. February 25, 2025Committee vote: 20–0
7. February 28, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 641