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IA HSB652

SB

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/3/2026

Primary Sponsor

Public Safety

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes confidentiality protections for peer support communications between public safety officers and designated peer support group counselors during support or crisis intervention sessions
  • Defines covered "officers" broadly to include law enforcement, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, corrections officers, dispatchers, emergency management coordinators, and other certified public safety employees of city, county, or state agencies
  • Prohibits peer support counselors from testifying or disclosing confidential communications in administrative investigations, disciplinary proceedings, or Brady-Giglio determinations
  • Creates exceptions allowing disclosure when communications involve plans to commit a crime, explicit threats of harm to self or others, or information required by law such as mandatory child or dependent adult abuse reporting
  • Preserves employer authority to direct employees to employee assistance programs or require fitness-for-duty evaluations despite confidentiality protections

Legislative Description

A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of peer support communications for public safety officers.(See HF 2637.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2637.

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Public Safety2/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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