SSB 1010: 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.

Senate subcommittee · named January 14, 2025

• Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Janice Weiner (D) · janice.weiner@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 14, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Local Government committee
2. January 14, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Driscoll and Weiner
3. January 21, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. February 12, 2025Approved by the Senate committee