Bill Text: IA SF499 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

Iowa Senate Bill 499 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the use of certain monitoring devices in certain locations open to the public, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1184.) Effective 5-11-17.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1136. [SF499 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF499-Enrolled.html


Senate File 499 - Enrolled




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                                  GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT

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                                  1184)
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                                        Senate File 499

                             AN ACT
 PROHIBITING THE USE OF CERTAIN MONITORING DEVICES
    IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND INCLUDING
    EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  27.1  Definitions.
    1.  For purposes of this section:
    a.  "Monitoring device" means a digital video or audio
 streaming or recording device that is part of a system of
 monitoring activity in an area or building using a system in
 which signals are transmitted from a video camera or microphone
 to the receivers by cables or wirelessly, forming a closed
 circuit.
    b.  "Public hospital" means a hospital licensed pursuant to
 chapter 135B and governed pursuant to chapter 145A, 263, 347,
 347A, or 392.
    c.  "Public library" means a library district as described
 in chapter 336.
    d.  "Public school" means a school district as described in
 chapter 274.
    e.  "Reasonable expectation of privacy" means a person's
 reasonable belief, under the circumstances, that the person can
 disrobe or partially disrobe in privacy without being concerned
 that the person is being viewed, photographed, or filmed when
 doing so.
    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  27.2  Monitoring devices prohibited.
    The state or a political subdivision of the state, including
 but not limited to a public library, public school, or
 other government office open to the public, shall not use a
 monitoring device in a toilet, bath, or shower facility; locker
 room; common area within such a facility or room, including an
 area where a sink or changing table is located; or other space
 open to the public where a person has a reasonable expectation
 of privacy.
    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  27.3  Removal of monitoring devices.
    On or before July 1, 2017, the state or a political
 subdivision of the state, including but not limited to a public
 library, public school, or other government office open to the
 public, using a monitoring device in a toilet, bath, or shower
 facility; locker room; common area within such a facility or
 room, including an area where a sink or changing table is
 located; or other space open to the public where a person has a
 reasonable expectation of privacy shall cease use of and remove
 the monitoring device.
    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  27.4  Limitation on political
 subdivisions.
    On July 1, 2017, any ordinance, resolution, rule, or other
 measure adopted or enforced by a political subdivision of the
 state permitting the use of a monitoring device in a toilet,
 bath, or shower facility; locker room; common area within such
 a facility or room, including an area where a sink or changing
 table is located; or other space open to the public where a
 person has a reasonable expectation of privacy is void.
    Sec. 5.  NEW SECTION.  27.5  Public hospital exception.
    This chapter does not apply to a public hospital where use
 of a monitoring device is necessary to protect the health or
 safety of a patient during a patient's course of treatment.
    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

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