Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with amendments and further amend and pass a bill that increases qualified immunity protections for law enforcement and increases penalties for blocking transportation and destroying public property.

Highlights:

• Defines “Brady list” as a list of officers maintained by the county attorney’s office, including officers who may have impeached themselves as witnesses and officers who may have violated the pretrial discovery rule requiring officers to turn over all evidence that might be used to exonerate a defendant (Sec. 1.g).

• Prohibits an officer from being discharged, disciplined, or threatened with discharge or discipline by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency solely due to the inclusion of the officer’s name on a Brady list (Sec. 2.a).

• Requires the legislative council to create a Brady list interim committee for the 2021 interim. The purpose of the committee is to do all of the following (Sec. 3-1):

• Study the disclosure of information contained in officer personnel files as such information relates to a Brady list;

• Study the efficiency of implementing a statewide system for a Brady list, identifying impartial entities to conduct investigations pertaining to an officer’s acts or omissions to act, and recommending the appropriate procedures, due process protections, appeal rights, and criteria for the placement and removal of an officer’s name on and from a Brady list; and

• Study any other issues that the committee determines relevant to its objective.

• Specifies the committee consists of three members of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate, two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives (Sec. 3-2).

• Establishes a legislative interim committee to study the disclosure of officer personnel files as such information relates to a Brady list, study the efficiency of implementing a statewide system for a Brady list, identify impartial entities to conduct investigations pertaining to an officer’s acts and omissions to act, and recommend appropriate procedures, due process protections, appeal rights, and criteria for the placement and removal of an officer’s name on and from a Brady list (Sec. 3-4).

• Specifies the committee consists of 10 legislative members and 12 members representing various interested stakeholder organizations, the department of public safety, and the court (Sec. 3-4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that increases qualified immunity protections for law enforcement and increases penalties for blocking transportation and destroying public property.

Highlights:

• Defines “Brady list” as a list of officers maintained by the county attorney’s office, including officers who may have impeached themselves as witnesses and officers who may have violated the pretrial discovery rule requiring officers to turn over all evidence that might be used to exonerate a defendant (Sec. 1.g).

• Prohibits an officer from being discharged, disciplined, or threatened with discharge or discipline by a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency solely due to the inclusion of the officer’s name on a Brady list (Sec. 2.a).

• Requires the legislative council to create a Brady list interim committee for the 2021 interim. The purpose of the committee is to do all of the following (Sec. 3-1):

• Study the disclosure of information contained in officer personnel files as such information relates to a Brady list;

• Study the efficiency of implementing a statewide system for a Brady list, identifying impartial entities to conduct investigations pertaining to an officer’s acts or omissions to act, and recommending the appropriate procedures, due process protections, appeal rights, and criteria for the placement and removal of an officer’s name on and from a Brady list; and

• Study any other issues that the committee determines relevant to its objective.

• Specifies the committee consists of three members of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate, two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives (Sec. 3-2).

• Establishes a legislative interim committee to study the disclosure of officer personnel files as such information relates to a Brady list, study the efficiency of implementing a statewide system for a Brady list, identify impartial entities to conduct investigations pertaining to an officer’s acts and omissions to act, and recommend appropriate procedures, due process protections, appeal rights, and criteria for the placement and removal of an officer’s name on and from a Brady list (Sec. 3-4).

• Specifies the committee consists of 10 legislative members and 12 members representing various interested stakeholder organizations, the department of public safety, and the court (Sec. 3-4).

Full Bill Text