House
File
2191
-
Enrolled
House
File
2191
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
EARNED
TIME
APPLIED
TO
REDUCE
CERTAIN
MANDATORY
MINIMUM
SENTENCES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
903A.5,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
An
inmate
shall
not
be
discharged
from
the
custody
of
the
director
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections
until
the
inmate
has
served
the
full
term
for
which
the
inmate
was
sentenced,
less
earned
time
and
other
credits
earned
and
not
forfeited,
unless
the
inmate
is
pardoned
or
otherwise
legally
released.
Earned
time
accrued
and
not
forfeited
shall
apply
to
reduce
a
mandatory
minimum
sentence
being
served
pursuant
to
section
124.406
,
124.413
,
902.7
,
902.8
,
or
902.8A
,
or
902.11
.
An
inmate
shall
be
deemed
to
be
serving
the
sentence
from
the
day
on
which
the
inmate
is
received
into
the
institution.
If
an
inmate
was
confined
to
a
county
jail,
municipal
holding
facility,
or
other
correctional
or
mental
facility
at
any
time
prior
to
sentencing,
or
after
sentencing
but
prior
to
the
case
having
been
decided
on
appeal,
because
of
failure
to
furnish
bail
or
because
of
being
charged
with
a
nonbailable
offense,
the
inmate
shall
be
given
credit
for
the
days
already
served
upon
the
term
of
the
sentence.
However,
if
a
person
commits
any
offense
while
confined
in
a
county
jail,
municipal
holding
facility,
or
other
correctional
or
mental
health
facility,
the
person
shall
not
be
granted
credit
for
that
offense.
House
File
2191,
p.
2
Unless
the
inmate
was
confined
in
a
correctional
facility,
the
sheriff
of
the
county
in
which
the
inmate
was
confined
or
the
officer
in
charge
of
the
municipal
holding
facility
in
which
the
inmate
was
confined
shall
certify
to
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
from
which
the
inmate
was
sentenced
and
to
the
department
of
corrections’
records
administrator
at
the
Iowa
medical
and
classification
center
the
number
of
days
so
served.
The
department
of
corrections’
records
administrator,
or
the
administrator’s
designee,
shall
apply
credit
as
ordered
by
the
court
of
proper
jurisdiction
or
as
authorized
by
this
section
and
section
907.3,
subsection
3
.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2191,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor