Bill Text: IA HF2445 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the privacy of a victim of a sex offense in a criminal or civil proceeding. (Formerly HF 2054.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Signed by Governor. [HF2445 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2445-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PRIVACY
OF
A
VICTIM
OF
A
SEX
OFFENSE
IN
A
CRIMINAL
OR
CIVIL
PROCEEDING.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
915.36,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2020,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
Prior
to
an
arrest
or
the
filing
of
an
information
or
indictment,
whichever
occurs
first,
against
a
person
charged
with
a
violation
of
chapter
709
,
section
726.2
,
or
section
728.12
,
committed
with
or
on
a
child,
as
defined
in
section
702.5
232.2
,
the
identity
of
the
child
or
any
information
reasonably
likely
to
disclose
the
identity
of
the
child
shall
not
be
released
to
the
public
by
any
public
employee
except
as
authorized
by
the
court
of
jurisdiction.
2.
In
order
to
protect
the
welfare
of
the
child,
the
name
of
the
child
and
identifying
biographical
information
shall
not
appear
on
the
information
or
indictment
or
any
other
public
record
including
any
civil
filings
arising
from
the
criminal
violation
.
Instead,
a
nondescriptive
designation
shall
appear
on
all
public
records.
The
nonpublic
records
containing
the
child’s
name
and
identifying
biographical
information
shall
be
kept
by
the
court.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
the
release
of
information
to
an
accused
a
defendant
or
accused’s
defendant’s
counsel;
however,
the
use
or
release
of
this
information
by
the
accused
defendant
or
accused’s
defendant’s
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p.
2
counsel
for
purposes
other
than
the
preparation
of
defense
constitutes
contempt.
Sec.
2.
Section
915.36,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
This
section
also
applies
to
a
child
victim
of
a
violation
of
chapter
709,
section
726.2,
or
section
728.12,
after
attaining
the
age
of
eighteen.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2445,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
