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Enrolled
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File
445
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
INCLUDING
THE
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
A
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER
PRIVILEGE,
CRIMINAL
SENTENCING,
AND
LOCAL
ENFORCEMENT
OF
CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS,
AND
MODIFYING
CERTAIN
CRIMINAL
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
DIVISION
I
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER
PRIVILEGE
Section
1.
Section
22.7,
subsection
5,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5.
Peace
officers’
investigative
reports,
privileged
records
or
information
specified
in
section
80G.2
,
and
specific
portions
of
electronic
mail
and
telephone
billing
records
of
law
enforcement
agencies
if
that
information
is
part
of
an
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ongoing
investigation,
except
where
disclosure
is
authorized
elsewhere
in
this
Code.
However,
the
date,
time,
specific
location,
and
immediate
facts
and
circumstances
surrounding
a
crime
or
incident
shall
not
be
kept
confidential
under
this
section
,
except
in
those
unusual
circumstances
where
disclosure
would
plainly
and
seriously
jeopardize
an
investigation
or
pose
a
clear
and
present
danger
to
the
safety
of
an
individual.
Specific
portions
of
electronic
mail
and
telephone
billing
records
may
only
be
kept
confidential
under
this
subsection
if
the
length
of
time
prescribed
for
commencement
of
prosecution
or
the
finding
of
an
indictment
or
information
under
the
statute
of
limitations
applicable
to
the
crime
that
is
under
investigation
has
not
expired.
Sec.
2.
Section
22.7,
subsection
11,
paragraph
a,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
Personal
information
in
confidential
personnel
records
of
government
bodies
relating
to
identified
or
identifiable
individuals
who
are
officials,
officers,
or
employees
of
the
government
bodies.
However,
the
following
information
relating
to
such
individuals
contained
in
personnel
records
shall
be
public
records
,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
section
80G.3
:
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
80G.1
Definitions.
As
used
in
this
section
except
as
the
context
otherwise
requires:
1.
“Compensation”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
22.7,
subsection
11.
2.
“Law
enforcement
officer”
means
the
same
as
“peace
officer”
as
defined
in
section
801.4.
3.
“Undercover
law
enforcement
officer”
means
a
law
enforcement
officer
who
is
actively
involved
with
and
assigned
to
investigate
alleged
violations
of
state
or
federal
law
and
whose
identity
as
a
law
enforcement
officer
is
concealed
while
conducting
an
investigation.
“Undercover
law
enforcement
officer”
includes
a
law
enforcement
officer
actively
engaged
in
undercover
law
enforcement
work
whose
assignment
requires
the
law
enforcement
officer
to
work
incognito,
or
in
a
situation
in
which
the
true
identity
of
the
law
enforcement
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officer
is
intentionally
hidden
from
others.
“Undercover
law
enforcement
officer”
does
not
include
a
law
enforcement
officer
participating
in
undercover
law
enforcement
work
that
is
merely
incidental
or
ancillary
to
the
law
enforcement
officer’s
assigned
duties.
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
80G.2
Law
enforcement
officer
——
privilege
——
confidentiality.
1.
a.
A
law
enforcement
officer
shall
not
be
examined
or
be
required
to
give
evidence
in
any
criminal
proceeding
that
requires
the
disclosure
of
any
records
or
information
relating
to
any
of
the
following:
(1)
Identification
documents
or
other
documents
necessary
to
conduct
a
lawful
undercover
criminal
investigation.
(2)
Personal
identifying
information
about
the
law
enforcement
officer
or
immediate
family
member
of
the
law
enforcement
officer,
or
other
information
unrelated
to
the
law
enforcement
officer’s
professional
duties
which
could
be
used
to
threaten,
harm,
or
intimidate
the
law
enforcement
officer
or
immediate
family
member
of
the
law
enforcement
officer,
or
other
information
that
could
reasonably
be
construed
to
constitute
an
unwarranted
invasion
of
privacy
of
the
law
enforcement
officer
or
immediate
family
member
of
the
law
enforcement
officer.
Personal
information
that
is
knowingly
and
voluntarily
disclosed
by
the
law
enforcement
officer
or
immediate
family
member
of
the
law
enforcement
officer
may
be
redisseminated.
b.
A
law
enforcement
officer
who
is
called
to
testify
shall
not
disclose
information
that
is
subject
to
nondisclosure
as
a
result
of
a
court
order,
statute,
contract,
or
a
condition
or
requirement
of
a
grant.
2.
In
determining
whether
nondisclosure
of
confidential
or
privileged
information
about
a
law
enforcement
officer
may
affect
a
defendant’s
right
to
present
a
defense,
the
court
shall
make
findings
on
the
record
regarding
the
impact
of
disclosure
on
the
personal
safety
of
the
law
enforcement
officer
or
immediate
family
member
of
the
law
enforcement
officer
if
the
evidence
is
disclosed,
the
probative
value
of
the
confidential
or
privileged
information
about
the
law
enforcement
officer,
the
impact
of
disclosure
on
public
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safety,
the
potential
for
partial
or
limited
disclosure
of
the
privileged
information,
and
the
defendant’s
constitutional
right
to
present
a
defense.
Any
privileged
information
that
is
admitted
for
purposes
of
a
pretrial
hearing
or
a
preliminary
admissibility
determination
shall
remain
confidential.
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
80G.3
Personnel
information
——
undercover
law
enforcement
officer
——
confidentiality.
The
name,
photograph,
compensation
and
benefit
records,
time
records,
residential
address,
or
any
other
personal
identifying
information
of
an
undercover
law
enforcement
officer
shall
be
confidential
while
the
undercover
law
enforcement
officer
is
actively
involved
with
or
assigned
to
investigate
violations
of
state
or
federal
law.
Sec.
6.
NEW
SECTION
.
80G.4
Court
determination.
Factual
disputes
relating
to
who
is
an
undercover
law
enforcement
officer
or
what
work
constitutes
undercover
law
enforcement
work
shall
be
determined
by
the
district
court.
DIVISION
II
CRIMINAL
SENTENCING
Sec.
7.
Section
124.401,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(3)
More
than
fifty
two
hundred
grams
of
a
mixture
or
substance
described
in
subparagraph
(2)
which
contains
cocaine
base.
Sec.
8.
Section
124.401,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(3)
More
than
ten
forty
grams
but
not
more
than
fifty
two
hundred
grams
of
a
mixture
or
substance
described
in
subparagraph
(2)
which
contains
cocaine
base.
Sec.
9.
Section
124.401,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(3)
Ten
Forty
grams
or
less
of
a
mixture
or
substance
described
in
subparagraph
(2)
which
contains
cocaine
base.
Sec.
10.
Section
124.413,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
Except
as
provided
in
subsection
3
and
sections
901.11
and
901.12
,
a
person
sentenced
pursuant
to
section
124.401,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
“b”
,
“c”
,
“e”
,
or
“f”
,
shall
not
be
eligible
for
parole
or
work
release
until
the
person
has
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served
a
minimum
period
term
of
confinement
of
one-third
of
the
maximum
indeterminate
sentence
prescribed
by
law.
Sec.
11.
Section
124.413,
subsection
3,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
A
person
serving
a
sentence
pursuant
to
section
124.401,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“b”
or
“c”
,
shall
be
denied
parole
or
work
release,
based
upon
all
the
pertinent
information
as
determined
by
the
court
under
section
901.11,
subsection
1
,
until
the
person
has
served
between
one-half
of
the
minimum
term
of
confinement
prescribed
in
subsection
1
and
the
maximum
indeterminate
sentence
prescribed
by
law.
Sec.
12.
Section
707.11,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
a.
As
used
in
this
subsection,
“peace
officer”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
801.4.
b.
For
purposes
of
determining
the
category
of
sentence
under
section
903A.2,
the
fact
finder
shall
determine
whether
the
attempt
to
commit
murder
was
against
a
peace
officer,
with
the
knowledge
that
the
person
against
whom
the
attempt
to
commit
murder
was
committed
was
a
peace
officer
acting
in
the
officer’s
official
capacity.
c.
If
the
fact
finder
determines
the
attempt
to
commit
murder
was
against
a
peace
officer
as
described
in
paragraph
“b”
,
the
person
shall
serve
one
hundred
percent
of
the
term
of
confinement
imposed
and
shall
be
denied
parole,
work
release,
or
other
early
release.
Sec.
13.
Section
901.11,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
At
the
time
of
sentencing,
the
court
shall
determine
when
a
person
convicted
under
section
124.401,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“b”
or
“c”
,
shall
first
become
eligible
for
parole
or
work
release
within
the
parameters
described
in
section
124.413,
subsection
3
,
based
upon
all
the
pertinent
information
including
the
person’s
criminal
record,
a
validated
risk
assessment,
and
the
negative
impact
the
offense
has
had
on
the
victim
or
other
persons.
Sec.
14.
Section
901.12,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
Effective
July
1,
2016,
and
notwithstanding
section
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124.413
,
a
person
whose
sentence
commenced
prior
to
July
1,
2016,
for
a
conviction
under
section
124.401,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“b”
or
“c”
,
who
has
not
previously
been
convicted
of
a
forcible
felony,
and
who
does
not
have
a
prior
conviction
under
section
124.401,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
“b”
,
or
“c”
,
shall
first
be
eligible
for
parole
or
work
release
after
the
person
has
served
one-half
of
the
minimum
term
of
confinement
prescribed
in
section
124.413
.
Sec.
15.
Section
901.12,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
Effective
July
1,
2017,
a
person
whose
sentence
commenced
prior
to
July
1,
2017,
for
a
conviction
under
section
124.401,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“c”
,
shall
not
be
required
to
serve
a
minimum
term
of
confinement
as
prescribed
in
section
124.413.
Sec.
16.
Section
902.4,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
902.4
Reconsideration
of
felon’s
sentence.
For
a
period
of
one
year
from
the
date
when
a
person
convicted
of
a
felony,
other
than
a
class
“A”
or
class
“B”
felony
or
a
felony
for
which
a
minimum
sentence
of
confinement
is
imposed
,
begins
to
serve
a
sentence
of
confinement,
the
court,
on
its
own
motion
or
on
the
recommendation
of
the
director
of
the
Iowa
department
of
corrections,
may
order
the
person
to
be
returned
to
the
court,
at
which
time
the
court
may
review
its
previous
action
and
reaffirm
it
or
substitute
for
it
any
sentence
permitted
by
law.
Copies
of
the
order
to
return
the
person
to
the
court
shall
be
provided
to
the
attorney
for
the
state,
the
defendant’s
attorney,
and
the
defendant.
Upon
a
request
of
the
attorney
for
the
state,
the
defendant’s
attorney,
or
the
defendant
if
the
defendant
has
no
attorney,
the
court
may,
but
is
not
required
to,
conduct
a
hearing
on
the
issue
of
reconsideration
of
sentence.
The
court
shall
not
disclose
its
decision
to
reconsider
or
not
to
reconsider
the
sentence
of
confinement
until
the
date
reconsideration
is
ordered
or
the
date
the
one-year
period
expires,
whichever
occurs
first.
The
district
court
retains
jurisdiction
for
the
limited
purposes
of
conducting
such
review
and
entering
an
appropriate
order
notwithstanding
the
timely
filing
of
a
notice
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of
appeal.
The
court’s
final
order
in
the
proceeding
shall
be
delivered
to
the
defendant
personally
or
by
regular
mail.
The
court’s
decision
to
take
the
action
or
not
to
take
the
action
is
not
subject
to
appeal.
However,
for
the
purposes
of
appeal,
a
judgment
of
conviction
of
a
felony
is
a
final
judgment
when
pronounced.
Sec.
17.
Section
902.12,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
Attempted
murder
in
violation
of
section
707.11
,
except
as
provided
in
section
707.11,
subsection
5
.
Sec.
18.
Section
903A.2,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
Each
inmate
committed
to
the
custody
of
the
director
of
the
department
of
corrections
is
eligible
to
earn
a
reduction
of
sentence
in
the
manner
provided
in
this
section
.
For
purposes
of
calculating
the
amount
of
time
by
which
an
inmate’s
sentence
may
be
reduced,
inmates
shall
be
grouped
into
the
following
two
three
sentencing
categories:
Sec.
19.
Section
903A.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(1),
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
Category
“A”
sentences
are
those
sentences
which
are
not
subject
to
a
maximum
accumulation
of
earned
time
of
fifteen
percent
of
the
total
sentence
of
confinement
under
section
902.12
and
are
not
category
“C”
sentences
.
To
the
extent
provided
in
subsection
5
,
category
“A”
sentences
also
include
life
sentences
imposed
under
section
902.1
.
An
inmate
of
an
institution
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
corrections
who
is
serving
a
category
“A”
sentence
is
eligible
for
a
reduction
of
sentence
equal
to
one
and
two-tenths
days
for
each
day
the
inmate
demonstrates
good
conduct
and
satisfactorily
participates
in
any
program
or
placement
status
identified
by
the
director
to
earn
the
reduction.
The
programs
include
but
are
not
limited
to
the
following:
Sec.
20.
Section
903A.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
Category
“B”
sentences
are
those
sentences
which
are
subject
to
a
maximum
accumulation
of
earned
time
of
fifteen
percent
of
the
total
sentence
of
confinement
under
section
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902.12
and
are
not
category
“C”
sentences
.
An
inmate
of
an
institution
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
corrections
who
is
serving
a
category
“B”
sentence
is
eligible
for
a
reduction
of
sentence
equal
to
fifteen
eighty-fifths
of
a
day
for
each
day
of
good
conduct
by
the
inmate.
Sec.
21.
Section
903A.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Category
“C”
sentences
are
those
sentences
for
attempted
murder
described
in
section
707.11,
subsection
5.
Notwithstanding
paragraphs
“a”
or
“b”
,
an
inmate
serving
a
category
“C”
sentence
is
ineligible
for
a
reduction
of
sentence
under
this
section.
Sec.
22.
Section
903A.7,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
903A.7
Separate
sentences.
1.
Consecutive
multiple
sentences
that
are
within
the
same
category
under
section
903A.2
shall
be
construed
as
one
continuous
sentence
for
purposes
of
calculating
reductions
of
sentence
for
earned
time.
2.
If
a
person
is
sentenced
to
serve
both
category
“A”
and
category
“B”
sentences
of
both
categories
,
category
“B”
sentences
shall
be
served
before
category
“A”
sentences
are
served,
and
earned
time
accrued
against
the
category
“B”
sentences
shall
not
be
used
to
reduce
the
category
“A”
sentences.
If
an
inmate
serving
a
category
“A”
sentence
is
sentenced
to
serve
a
category
“B”
sentence,
the
category
“A”
sentence
shall
be
interrupted,
and
no
further
earned
time
shall
accrue
against
that
sentence
until
the
category
“B”
sentence
is
completed.
3.
If
a
person
is
sentenced
to
serve
both
a
category
“C”
sentence
and
another
category
sentence,
the
category
“C”
sentence
shall
be
served
before
the
other
category
sentence
is
served,
and
no
earned
time
shall
accrue
until
the
category
“C”
sentence
has
been
served.
If
an
inmate
serving
a
category
sentence
other
than
a
category
“C”
sentence
is
sentenced
to
serve
a
category
“C”
sentence,
the
sentence
of
the
other
category
sentence
shall
be
interrupted,
and
no
further
earned
time
shall
accrue
against
that
sentence
until
the
category
“C”
sentence
is
completed.
Senate
File
445,
p.
9
DIVISION
III
LOCAL
ENFORCEMENT
OF
RESTRICTIONS
Sec.
23.
REPEAL.
Section
152C.6,
Code
2017,
is
repealed.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
445,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor