Bill Text: IA SF440 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to court reporters, including the reporting of adoption hearings and uncertified shorthand reporter appointments.(Formerly SSB 1107.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-07 - Withdrawn. S.J. 823. [SF440 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF440-Introduced.html
Senate
File
440
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
440
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1107)
(COMPANION
TO
HF
433
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
court
reporters,
including
the
reporting
1
of
adoption
hearings
and
uncertified
shorthand
reporter
2
appointments.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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440
Section
1.
Section
600.12,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
An
adoption
hearing
shall
be
conducted
informally
3
as
a
hearing
in
equity.
The
hearing
shall
be
reported
or
4
electronically
recorded
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
602.6603,
subsection
4,
Code
2021,
is
6
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
4.
If
a
regularly
appointed
court
reporter
becomes
8
disabled,
or
if
a
vacancy
occurs
in
a
regularly
appointed
9
court
reporter
position,
the
judge
may
appoint
a
competent
10
uncertified
shorthand
reporter
for
a
period
of
time
of
up
to
11
six
months
one
year
,
upon
verification
by
the
chief
judge
12
that
a
diligent
but
unsuccessful
search
has
been
conducted
to
13
appoint
a
certified
shorthand
reporter
to
the
position
and,
in
14
a
disability
case,
that
the
regularly
appointed
court
reporter
15
is
disabled.
An
uncertified
shorthand
reporter
shall
not
be
16
reappointed
to
the
position
unless
the
reporter
becomes
a
17
certified
shorthand
reporter
within
the
period
of
appointment
18
under
this
subsection
.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
changes
current
law
to
allow
adoption
hearings
to
23
be
electronically
recorded
in
lieu
of
being
reported
by
a
court
24
reporter.
25
The
bill
also
increases
the
amount
of
time
a
judge
may
26
appoint
a
competent
uncertified
shorthand
reporter,
if
the
27
regularly
appointed
court
reporter
becomes
disabled
or
a
28
vacancy
occurs,
from
up
to
six
months
to
up
to
a
year.
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