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Relating to short course law enforcement training requirements
Sponsored by Sen. Kevin Alons (R)
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 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 People who want to take short law enforcement training courses through a police agency currently must have finished a specific college program in Iowa. This change allows those students to use a degree from an approved college in other states instead. The training program must still be accredited and approved by the academy.1
Read the official explanation
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. 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.
House subcommittee
Named March 17, 2025. On March 18, 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: March 18, 2025 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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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 requirements90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
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