Bill Text: IA HF2004 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to confidential records and juror questionnaires.(See HF 2328.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2328. [HF2004 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2004-Introduced.html
House
File
2004
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2004
BY
HITE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
confidential
records
and
juror
1
questionnaires.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2004
Section
1.
Section
22.7,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
1
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
75.
Juror
questionnaires
provided
by
the
3
judicial
branch
and
completed
for
the
purpose
of
jury
service.
4
Sec.
2.
REPEAL.
Section
607A.47,
Code
2022,
is
repealed.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
relates
to
confidential
records
protected
by
Code
9
chapter
22
(public
records)
and
juror
questionnaires.
Under
10
current
law,
a
completed
juror
questionnaire
is
not
protected
11
unless
the
court
orders
the
sealing
or
partial
sealing
of
a
12
completed
juror
questionnaire.
The
bill
makes
a
completed
13
juror
questionnaire
a
confidential
record
and
it
can
only
be
14
released
by
an
order
from
the
court,
a
lawful
custodian
of
the
15
records,
or
by
another
person
duly
authorized
to
release
such
16
information.
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