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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
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