Relating to short course law enforcement training requirements

Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2025
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 26, 2025
Done: Passes the SenateMarch 11, 202547–0
Done: House committeeMarch 25, 2025
Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to short course law enforcement training requirements. Currently, an individual who is not a certified law enforcement officer may apply for attendance at a short course of study at an approved law enforcement training program if the individual is sponsored by a law enforcement agency. An individual who submits an application shall, at a minimum, submit proof of successful completion of a two-year or four-year police science or criminal justice program at an accredited educational institution in this state approved by the academy.

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The bill removes the requirement that the two-year or four-year police science or criminal justice program must be from an accredited educational institution in Iowa, but retains the requirement that the two-year or four-year police science or criminal justice program be completed at an accredited educational institution approved by the academy.

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

House subcommittee

Named March 17, 2025. On March 18, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§80B.11D

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Lobbying

0 for · 0 against · 5 undecided · Who →

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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.

Tried before

HF 2604Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

SF 137Passed a chamber

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

HF 2604 Relating to short course law enforcement training requirements
90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
Cleared committee

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