House Study Bill 162 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON THOMPSON) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the maximum employment age for certain 1 city public safety positions, and including effective date 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1057YC (3) 90 js/ns

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 362.10, Code 2023, is amended by striking 1 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 2 362.10 Police officers and fire fighters. 3 The maximum age for a regular law enforcement officer, as 4 defined in section 80B.3, police officer, or marshal, employed 5 full-time or part-time for police or law enforcement duties, 6 or a paid professional fire fighter, employed full-time 7 or part-time for the duty of fighting fires, is sixty-five 8 years of age. This section does not apply to a reserve peace 9 officer, as defined in section 80D.1A, or to a volunteer fire 10 fighter. 11 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 12 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 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 the maximum employment age for certain 17 city public safety positions. Under current law, the maximum 18 age for a city police officer, marshal, or fire fighter 19 employed for police duty or the duty of fighting fires is 65 20 years of age. The maximum employment age does not apply to 21 volunteer fire fighters. The bill sets a maximum employment 22 age of 65 for city law enforcement officers, in addition to 23 those positions currently subject to the maximum employment 24 age, and provides that the maximum employment age applies 25 to any included position regardless of whether the person's 26 employment is full-time or part-time. The bill states that the 27 maximum employment age does not apply to reserve peace officers 28 in addition to volunteer fire fighters. 29 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 30 -1- LSB 1057YC (3) 90 js/ns 1/ 1