Bill Text: IA HF429 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of audio records and transcripts of 911 service calls involving a child as a witness or victim, or as the maker or the subject of the 911 service call.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 459. [HF429 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF429-Introduced.html

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House File 429 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  BRECKENRIDGE, HUNTER,
                                     KACENA, HANSON,
                                     ANDERSON, KEARNS,
                                     OURTH, BEARINGER,
                                     COHOON, GASKILL,
                                     GAINES, MASCHER,
                                     NIELSEN, and THEDE

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the confidentiality of audio records and
  2    transcripts of 911  service calls involving a child as a
  3    witness or victim, or as the maker or the subject of the 911
  4    service call.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 22.7, Code 2017, is amended by adding the
  1  2 following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  a.  All audio and transcript records
  1  4 information relating to 911 service calls dispatched or relayed
  1  5 to a public or private safety agency, as defined in section
  1  6 34A.2, including after any applicable statute of limitations
  1  7 has expired, if such audio and transcript records involve
  1  8 a child, as defined in section 232.2, who is any of the
  1  9 following:
  1 10    (1)  A victim or witness to a crime.
  1 11    (2)  A victim or witness to a distressing event.
  1 12    (3)  The maker of a 911 service call.
  1 13    (4)  The subject of a 911 service call.
  1 14    b.  The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if the
  1 15 child described in paragraph "a" is later prosecuted in adult
  1 16 court for a crime related to the 911 service call.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 20    This bill relates to the confidentiality of audio records
  1 21 and transcripts of 911 service calls when involving a child as
  1 22 a witness or victim, or as the maker or the subject of the 911
  1 23 service call.
  1 24    Under current law in Code section 22.1(3), 911 service calls
  1 25 which do not contain confidential information are considered
  1 26 public records and may be kept confidential; however, the date,
  1 27 time, specific location, and immediate facts and circumstances
  1 28 must often be released except under unusual circumstances.
  1 29    The bill creates new subsection 22.7(5A) to provide that
  1 30 audio or transcripts of 911 service calls dispatched or
  1 31 relayed to a public or private safety agency shall be kept
  1 32 confidential, including after any applicable statute of
  1 33 limitations has run, when the service calls involve a child as
  1 34 a witness or victim, or as the maker or the subject of the 911
  1 35 service call.  For purposes of the bill, a child is defined as
  2  1 a person under the age of 18.
  2  2    The bill creates an exception to the required
  2  3 confidentiality if the child is later prosecuted as an
  2  4 adult for a crime related to the 911 service call.
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