House Study Bill 534 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HOLT) A BILL FOR An Act relating to citizenship requirements for law enforcement 1 officers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5604YC (1) 90 as/js

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 80B.11, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2024, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. Minimum entrance requirements, course of study, 3 attendance requirements, and equipment and facilities required 4 at approved law enforcement training schools. 5 (1) Minimum entrance requirements for entrance to approved 6 law enforcement training schools shall include that any law 7 enforcement officer be a citizen of the United States. 8 (2) Minimum age requirements for entrance to approved law 9 enforcement training schools shall be eighteen years of age. 10 (3) Minimum course of study requirements shall include a 11 separate domestic abuse curriculum, which may include but is 12 not limited to outside speakers from domestic abuse shelters 13 and crime victim assistance organizations. Minimum course 14 of study requirements shall also include a sexual assault 15 curriculum. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill relates to citizenship requirements for law 20 enforcement officers. 21 The bill provides that minimum entrance requirements for 22 entrance to approved law enforcement training schools shall 23 include that any law enforcement officer be a citizen of the 24 United States. 25 -1- LSB 5604YC (1) 90 as/js 1/ 1