HF 2472 (LSB 5956YH (3) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2472

BY  ISENHART, WOLFE, ANDERSON, and BRECKENRIDGE

A BILL FOR

An Act requesting the establishment of an interim study committee by the legislative council relating to the administration of the criminal justice system and utilizing a justice reinvestment process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  JUSTICE REINVESTMENT PROCESS —— INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE.
   1.  The legislative council is requested to establish an interim study committee to evaluate, study, and review the administration of the criminal justice system by utilizing a justice reinvestment process.
   2.  The committee shall engage the justice center of the council of state governments and collaborate with representatives appointed by the judicial branch, department of corrections, department of justice, department of public safety, Iowa county attorneys association, and other stakeholders and shall review and consider data relating to the administration of the criminal justice system with the goals of improving public safety, reducing corrections and related criminal justice spending, decreasing crime, and reducing recidivism.
   3.  The committee shall consist of three members appointed by the majority leader of the senate, two members appointed by the minority leader of the senate, three members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and two members appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
   4.  The committee shall issue a report to the general assembly containing its findings and recommendations by January 1, 2019.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requests that the legislative council establish an interim study committee to evaluate, study, and review the administration of the criminal justice system and utilize a justice reinvestment process. The bill provides that the committee shall engage the justice center of the council of state governments and collaborate with representatives appointed by the judicial branch, department of corrections, department of justice, department of public safety, Iowa county attorneys association, and other stakeholders and shall review and consider data relating to the administration of the criminal justice system with the goals of improving public safety, reducing corrections and related criminal justice spending, decreasing crime, and reducing recidivism.
   The bill provides that the committee shall consist of three members appointed by the majority leader of the senate, two members appointed by the minority leader of the senate, three members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and two members appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives. The bill provides that the committee shall submit findings and recommendations to the general assembly by January 1, 2019.