House Study Bill 510 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BALTIMORE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to strip searches at a county jail or municipal 1 holding facility. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5114HC (4) 85 jm/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 804.30, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 A person arrested for a scheduled violation or a simple 3 misdemeanor and who has not been committed to the general 4 population of a jail or municipal holding facility shall not 5 be subjected to a strip search unless there is probable cause 6 reasonable suspicion to believe the person is concealing a 7 weapon or contraband. A strip search pursuant to this section 8 shall not be conducted except under all of the following 9 conditions: 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill relates to strip searches of persons arrested for a 14 scheduled violation or simple misdemeanor. 15 Current law provides that a person arrested for a scheduled 16 violation or a simple misdemeanor shall not be subjected to 17 a strip search unless there is probable cause to believe the 18 person is concealing a weapon or contraband. 19 The bill modifies this provision to provide that a person 20 who has been arrested for a scheduled violation or a simple 21 misdemeanor and who has not been committed to the general 22 population of a jail or municipal holding facility shall not 23 be subjected to a strip search unless there is reasonable 24 suspicion to believe the person is concealing a weapon or 25 contraband. 26 -1- LSB 5114HC (4) 85 jm/nh 1/ 1