HSB 26 (LSB 1395YC (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BALTIMORE)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the board of parole notifying a crime victim of a parole hearing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 915.18, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Not less than twenty ninety days prior to conducting a hearing at which the board will interview an offender, the board shall notify the victim of the interview and inform the victim that the victim may submit the victim’s opinion concerning the release of the offender in writing prior to the hearing or may appear personally or by counsel at the hearing to express an opinion concerning the offender’s release.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the board of parole notifying a crime victim of a parole hearing. The bill requires the board of parole to notify a victim not less than 90 days prior to the parole hearing of the perpetrator of the crime. Current law requires the board of parole to notify a victim not less than 20 days prior to such a hearing.