H-1340

   Amend House File 698 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 80F.1, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  “Brady list” means a list of officers maintained by the county attorney’s office, including officers who may have impeached themselves as witnesses and officers who may have violated the pretrial discovery rule requiring officers to turn over all evidence that might be used to exonerate a defendant. 
   Sec. 2.  Section 80F.1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  20.  a.  An officer shall not be discharged, disciplined, or threatened with discharge or discipline by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency solely due to the inclusion of the officer’s name on a Brady list.
   b.  This subsection does not prohibit a law enforcement agency from dismissing, suspending, demoting, or taking other disciplinary actions against an officer based on the underlying actions that resulted in the officer’s name being placed on a Brady list including any impeachment evidence against the officer or evidence that the officer may not have turned over exculpatory evidence to a defendant. If a collective bargaining agreement applies, the actions taken by the law enforcement agency shall conform to the rules and procedures adopted by the collective bargaining agreement.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act relating to officer disciplinary actions.>

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KLEIN of Washington