Bill Text: IA HSB522 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to public safety telecommunicators.(See HF 2163.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-25 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2163. [HSB522 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB522-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
522
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
IOWA
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
ACADEMY
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
safety
telecommunicators.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
80F.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
f,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
f.
“Officer”
means
a
certified
law
enforcement
officer,
fire
3
fighter,
emergency
medical
technician,
corrections
officer,
4
detention
officer,
jailer,
probation
or
parole
officer,
5
communications
officer
public
safety
telecommunicator
,
or
6
any
other
law
enforcement
officer
certified
by
the
Iowa
law
7
enforcement
academy
and
employed
by
a
municipality,
county,
or
8
state
agency.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
622.10,
subsection
9,
paragraph
c,
10
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
11
(1)
“Officer”
means
a
certified
law
enforcement
officer,
12
fire
fighter,
emergency
medical
technician,
paramedic,
13
corrections
officer,
detention
officer,
jailer,
probation
14
or
parole
officer,
communications
officer
public
safety
15
telecommunicator
,
dispatcher,
emergency
management
coordinator
16
under
chapter
29C
,
or
any
other
law
enforcement
officer
17
certified
by
the
Iowa
law
enforcement
academy
and
employed
by
a
18
city,
county,
or
state
agency.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
public
safety
telecommunicators.
23
Code
section
80B.11C
requires
the
Iowa
law
enforcement
24
academy
(ILEA)
to
establish
minimum
standards
for
training
25
of
public
safety
telecommunicators.
“Public
safety
26
telecommunicator”
is
defined
as
a
person
who
serves
as
a
first
27
responder
by
receiving
requests
for,
or
by
dispatching
requests
28
to,
emergency
response
agencies
that
include
but
are
not
29
limited
to
law
enforcement,
fire,
rescue,
and
emergency
medical
30
services
agencies.
31
The
bill
changes
the
term
“communications
officer”
to
32
“public
safety
telecommunicator”
to
conform
with
the
term
used
33
by
ILEA
in
establishing
minimum
standards
for
training
of
34
public
safety
telecommunicators.
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