House File 698 H-1340 Amend House File 698 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 80F.1, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 4 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 5 NEW PARAGRAPH . g. “Brady list” means a list of officers 6 maintained by the county attorney’s office, including officers 7 who may have impeached themselves as witnesses and officers 8 who may have violated the pretrial discovery rule requiring 9 officers to turn over all evidence that might be used to 10 exonerate a defendant. 11 Sec. 2. Section 80F.1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the 12 following new subsection: 13 NEW SUBSECTION . 20. a. An officer shall not be discharged, 14 disciplined, or threatened with discharge or discipline by a 15 state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency solely due 16 to the inclusion of the officer’s name on a Brady list. 17 b. This subsection does not prohibit a law enforcement 18 agency from dismissing, suspending, demoting, or taking other 19 disciplinary actions against an officer based on the underlying 20 actions that resulted in the officer’s name being placed on 21 a Brady list including any impeachment evidence against the 22 officer or evidence that the officer may not have turned 23 over exculpatory evidence to a defendant. If a collective 24 bargaining agreement applies, the actions taken by the law 25 enforcement agency shall conform to the rules and procedures 26 adopted by the collective bargaining agreement. > 27 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting < An 28 Act relating to officer disciplinary actions. > 29 ______________________________ KLEIN of Washington -1- HF698.1778 (2) 89 as/rh 1/ 1 #1. #2.