Bill Text: IA HF2247 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning judicial branch administration, including mental health advocates, access to and confidentiality of juror information, remote testimony, and access to criminal history records. (Formerly HF 468, HSB 141.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 936. [HF2247 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2247-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
CONCERNING
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
ADMINISTRATION,
INCLUDING
MENTAL
HEALTH
ADVOCATES,
ACCESS
TO
AND
CONFIDENTIALITY
OF
JUROR
INFORMATION,
REMOTE
TESTIMONY,
AND
ACCESS
TO
CRIMINAL
HISTORY
RECORDS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
DIVISION
I
PATIENT
ADVOCATES
Section
1.
Section
229.19,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
subparagraph
(7),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(7)
To
utilize
the
related
best
practices
for
the
duties
identified
in
this
paragraph
“d”
developed
and
promulgated
by
the
judicial
council
.
DIVISION
II
JURORS
——
INFORMATION
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
607A.48
Public
access
to
juror
information.
1.
Public
access
to
juror
and
prospective
juror
information
shall
be
limited.
Information
on
the
year
of
birth
and
address
information
identifying
the
city
and
zip
code
of
prospective
House
File
2247,
p.
2
jurors
shall
be
available
to
the
public.
However,
more
specific
address
information,
phone
numbers,
and
the
date
and
month
of
birth
of
prospective
jurors
are
confidential
and
not
subject
to
disclosure
without
an
order
of
the
court.
2.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
attorneys
representing
parties
to
the
case
are
entitled
to
the
complete
juror
questionnaires
of
jurors
and
prospective
jurors
without
order
of
the
court.
DIVISION
III
REMOTE
TESTIMONY
Sec.
3.
Section
624.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
All
issues
of
fact
in
ordinary
actions
shall
be
tried
upon
oral
evidence
taken
in
open
court,
except
that
depositions
may
be
used
as
provided
by
law.
“Open
court”
includes
remote
testimony
of
a
witness
by
telephone,
videoconference,
or
other
remote
means
of
communication
approved
by
the
court.
DIVISION
IV
ACCESS
TO
CRIMINAL
HISTORY
RECORDS
Sec.
4.
Section
692.2,
subsection
5,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5.
A
person
other
than
the
department
of
public
safety
shall
not
disseminate
criminal
history
data
maintained
by
the
department
to
persons
who
are
not
criminal
or
juvenile
justice
agencies
,
except
as
set
forth
in
section
692.3
.
Sec.
5.
Section
692.3,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
The
information
described
in
this
section
subsections
1
and
2
may
be
redisseminated
through
any
written,
audio,
or
visual
means
utilized
by
a
criminal
or
juvenile
justice
agency.
Sec.
6.
Section
692.3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
A
person
may
disseminate
criminal
history
data
of
an
accused
to
the
attorney
of
the
accused
and
to
self-represented
litigants
in
a
pending
criminal
matter
in
district
or
juvenile
court,
if
the
criminal
history
data
is
already
part
of
the
prosecution’s
file
and
subject
to
a
discovery
obligation.
House
File
2247,
p.
3
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
Upon
order
of
the
court,
a
person
may
disseminate
criminal
history
data
of
an
accused
that
is
not
already
part
of
the
prosecution’s
file,
or
criminal
history
data
of
a
witness,
to
the
attorney
of
the
accused,
prosecutors,
and
to
self-represented
litigants
in
a
pending
criminal
matter
in
district
or
juvenile
court.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2247,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
