Senate Study Bill 3077 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HOGG) A BILL FOR An Act requiring the department of public safety to develop 1 training standards for the use of electronic weapons, 2 including stun guns and tasers, by law enforcement agencies 3 throughout the state. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5601SC (2) 85 jm/rj

S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80.45 Electronic weapons —— 1 training course. 2 1. The department shall develop training standards for the 3 use of electronic weapons, including stun guns and tasers, by 4 law enforcement agencies throughout the state. 5 2. The training standards shall include the completion 6 of an electronic weapons safety course by peace officers and 7 jailers prior to the use of electronic weapons. The electronic 8 weapons safety course shall include but is not limited to the 9 following: 10 a. Developing a basic knowledge and understanding of 11 electronic weapons that encompasses their use, storage, and 12 maintenance. 13 b. Diagnosing malfunctions. 14 c. Identifying conditions and circumstances where the use of 15 electronic weapons is appropriate or inappropriate. 16 d. Identifying persons whose health may be severely impacted 17 by the use of electronic weapons. 18 3. The training standards shall also require law 19 enforcement agencies to do the following: 20 a. Conduct an annual review relating to the use of 21 electronic weapons within the agency. 22 b. Retrain peace officers and jailers as new electronic 23 weapons are purchased or as new techniques are developed. 24 c. Develop and adopt agency policies relating to the use of 25 electronic weapons. 26 4. The department shall adopt rules to administer this 27 section. 28 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 29 3, shall not apply to this Act. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 This bill requires the department of public safety to 34 develop training standards for the use of electronic weapons, 35 -1- LSB 5601SC (2) 85 jm/rj 1/ 2

S.F. _____ including stun guns and tasers, by law enforcement agencies 1 throughout the state. 2 Under the bill, the training standards shall include 3 the completion of an electronics weapons safety course by 4 peace officers and jailers prior to the use of such weapons. 5 The electronic weapons safety course shall include the 6 following: developing a basic knowledge and understanding 7 of the weapons that encompasses their use, storage, and 8 maintenance; diagnosing malfunctions; identifying conditions 9 and circumstances where the use of the weapons is appropriate 10 or inappropriate; and identifying persons whose health may be 11 severely impacted by the use of the weapons. 12 The training standards under the bill shall also require law 13 enforcement agencies to do the following: conduct an annual 14 review relating to the use of electronic weapons within the 15 agency, retrain peace officers and jailers as new electronic 16 weapons are purchased or as new techniques are developed, 17 and adopt agency policies relating to the use of electronic 18 weapons. 19 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 20 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 21 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 22 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 23 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 24 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 25 mandate included in the bill. 26 -2- LSB 5601SC (2) 85 jm/rj 2/ 2