Senate Resolution 178

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  ZIEMAN
  1  3 A Resolution requesting the general assembly to pass
  1  4    legislation requiring background checks for carnival
  1  5    employees.
  1  6    WHEREAS, on July 8, 2001, Angela Hyke and her
  1  7 daughter Ashley Lucas disappeared from their home in
  1  8 Cresco, Iowa; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, an investigation by law enforcement
  1 10 officials led to the conclusion that the individual
  1 11 responsible for the disappearance of Angela and Ashley
  1 12 was Clay Thomas, an individual employed as a traveling
  1 13 carnival worker who met Angela Hyke while working at
  1 14 the Howard County Fair in June of 2001; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, a law enforcement background check of Clay
  1 16 Thomas indicated he had an extensive criminal history
  1 17 background including but not limited to convictions
  1 18 for theft, drug possession, and escape from custody,
  1 19 as well as parole violations; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Clay Thomas was subsequently arrested and
  1 21 convicted for the double murder of Angela and Ashley;
  1 22 and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Iowa does not currently have a law
  1 24 requiring that carnival employees undergo background
  1 25 checks; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 27 requests that the General Assembly consider and pass
  1 28 legislation as soon as practicable requiring that all
  1 29 persons employed as carnival workers in this state
  1 30 pass a criminal history background check as a
  2  1 condition of employment at a local county fair or
  2  2 other place or activity where carnival workers are
  2  3 employed, and that such legislation be referred to as
  2  4 the Angela and Ashley Act.
  2  5 LSB 7122SS 80
  2  6 rh/sh/8