Bill Text: IA SF2165 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to remote court proceedings.(Formerly SSB 3022.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-04-02 - Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 703. [SF2165 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2165-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2165
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2165
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3022)
(COMPANION
TO
HF
2094
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
remote
court
proceedings.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2165
Section
1.
Section
602.6105,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Courts
shall
be
held
at
the
places
in
each
county
3
maintaining
space
for
the
district
court
as
designated
by
the
4
chief
judge
of
the
judicial
district
,
or
held
by
remote
means
5
of
communication
,
except
that
the
determination
of
actions,
6
special
proceedings,
and
other
matters
not
requiring
a
jury
may
7
be
done
at
some
other
place
in
the
district
with
the
consent
of
8
the
parties.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
contiguous
9
counties
which
have
entered
into
an
agreement
to
share
costs
10
pursuant
to
section
331.381,
subsection
16
,
paragraph
“b”
,
11
shall
be
considered
as
one
unit
for
the
purpose
of
conducting
12
all
matters
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
this
subsection
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
authorizes
court
proceedings
to
be
held
by
remote
17
means
of
communication.
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