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Senate Study Bill 1132

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  38E.1  SECURE AND VERIFIABLE
  1  2 IDENTIFICATION.
  1  3    1.  A public benefit or service of this state, including a
  1  4 law enforcement service, which requires the recipient of the
  1  5 public benefit or service to produce identification, shall not
  1  6 be provided by a department, agency, or any political
  1  7 subdivision of this state, or other entity within the
  1  8 executive, legislative, or judicial branch of this state,
  1  9 unless the identification is issued by a federal or state
  1 10 authority and is subject to verification by a federal law
  1 11 enforcement, intelligence, or homeland security agency.
  1 12    2.  An elected or appointed official, employee, or other
  1 13 contractor or agent of this state or of a political
  1 14 subdivision of this state who takes any action inconsistent
  1 15 with subsection 1 shall be deemed to be acting beyond the
  1 16 scope of authority granted by law and shall not be immune from
  1 17 liability for such action unless such immunity is conferred by
  1 18 the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of
  1 19 the State of Iowa and cannot be waived.  
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill relates to the receipt of public benefits or
  1 22 services and certain identification requirements.
  1 23    The bill prohibits a public benefit or service of the
  1 24 state, including a law enforcement service, which requires the
  1 25 recipient of the public benefit or service to produce
  1 26 identification, from being provided by a department, agency,
  1 27 or any political subdivision of the state, or other entity
  1 28 within the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the
  1 29 state, unless the identification is issued by a federal or
  1 30 state authority and is subject to verification by a federal
  1 31 law enforcement, intelligence, or homeland security agency.
  1 32    The bill also provides that an elected or appointed
  1 33 official, employee, or other contractor or agent of the state
  1 34 who violates the bill is not immune from liability for such
  1 35 action, unless such immunity is conferred by the United States
  2  1 or Iowa Constitution and cannot be waived.  
  2  2 LSB 1848XC 80
  2  3 rh/cf/24
     

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