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IA HF921

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Public Safety

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires investigating agencies to provide officers or their legal counsel with written complaints, witness statements, and complete investigative reports at no charge upon written request when formal administrative investigations occur

  • Grants officers placed on Brady-Giglio lists (prosecutor credibility concern lists) the right to petition district court for review, regardless of when placement occurred, with courts authorized to affirm, modify, or reverse placement decisions

  • Prohibits county attorneys from representing or advising counties, civil service commissions, or sheriffs in matters involving the same facts from which an officer was placed on a Brady-Giglio list, unless the officer provides written informed consent

  • Extends civil service disciplinary appeal provisions to part-time deputy sheriffs and establishes district court jurisdiction over all actions under the peace officer bill of rights chapter

  • Expands confidentiality protections for peer support counselors and individuals present during crisis interventions, prohibiting disclosure of confidential communications including when giving testimony

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to administrative investigations under the peace officer, public safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights, civil service disciplinary hearings and appeals, and communications in professional confidence, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 201.)

Last Action

Referred to Public Safety. H.J. 897.

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Safety4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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