House File 564 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 564 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 110) A BILL FOR An Act relating to access to criminal history data in child in 1 need of assistance proceedings. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1396HV (3) 90 dg/rh
H.F. 564 Section 1. Section 692.1, subsection 7, Code 2023, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 7. “Criminal or juvenile justice agency” means an either of 3 the following: 4 a. An agency or department of any level of government 5 or an entity wholly owned, financed, or controlled by one 6 or more such agencies or departments which performs as its 7 principal function the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, 8 incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal or juvenile 9 offenders. 10 b. County attorneys and assistant county attorneys in 11 a proceeding alleging that a child is a child in need of 12 assistance as defined in section 232.2. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill relates to access to criminal history and 17 intelligence data in child in need of assistance proceedings. 18 The bill adds to the definition of “criminal or juvenile 19 justice agency” (relating to the provision of criminal history 20 and intelligence data under Code chapter 692) county attorneys 21 and assistant county attorneys in a proceeding alleging that a 22 child is a child in need of assistance. 23 For purposes of Code chapter 692, “criminal history data” 24 means any or all of the following information maintained by 25 the department of public safety or the division of criminal 26 investigation of the department of public safety in a manual or 27 automated data storage system that is individually identified: 28 arrest data, conviction data, disposition data, correctional 29 data, adjudication data, and custody data; and “intelligence 30 data” means information on identifiable individuals compiled in 31 an effort to anticipate, prevent, or monitor possible criminal 32 activity. 33 -1- LSB 1396HV (3) 90 dg/rh 1/ 1