House File 2174 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2174 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 510) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 5, 2014 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to strip searches at a county jail or municipal 1 holding facility. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 2174 (3) 85 jm/nh/md
H.F. 2174 Section 1. Section 804.30, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 A Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1A, a person 3 arrested for a scheduled violation or a simple misdemeanor 4 shall not be subjected to a strip search unless there is 5 probable cause to believe the person is concealing a weapon or 6 contraband. A strip search pursuant to this section subsection 7 shall not be conducted except under all of the following 8 conditions: 9 Sec. 2. Section 804.30, Code 2014, is amended by adding the 10 following new subsection: 11 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. A person arrested for a scheduled 12 violation or a simple misdemeanor and who is being committed to 13 the general population of a jail or municipal holding facility 14 shall be subjected to a strip search if there is a reasonable 15 suspicion that the person is concealing a weapon or contraband. 16 The conditions specified in subsection 1 apply to a search 17 pursuant to this subsection. 18 Sec. 3. Section 804.30, subsection 2, Code 2014, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 2. Subsequent to a strip search pursuant to this section , 21 a written report shall be prepared which includes the written 22 authorization required by subsection 1 , paragraph “a” this 23 section , the name of the person subjected to the search, the 24 names of the persons conducting the search, the time, date, and 25 place of the search and, if required by subsection 1 , paragraph 26 “b” this section , a copy of the search warrant authorizing the 27 search. A copy of the report shall be provided to the person 28 searched. 29 -1- HF 2174 (3) 85 jm/nh/md 1/ 1