Bill Text: IA SSB1191 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to access to confidential records of the commission on judicial qualifications by members of the general assembly.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-27 - Subcommittee Meeting: 03/01/2023 1:00PM Room 315. [SSB1191 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB1191-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1191
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ZAUN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
access
to
confidential
records
of
the
1
commission
on
judicial
qualifications
by
members
of
the
2
general
assembly.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
602.2103,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
602.2103
Operation
of
commission.
3
A
quorum
of
the
commission
is
four
members.
Only
those
4
commission
members
that
are
present
at
commission
meetings
5
or
hearings
may
vote.
An
application
by
the
commission
to
6
the
supreme
court
to
retire,
discipline,
or
remove
a
judicial
7
officer,
or
discipline
or
remove
an
employee
of
the
judicial
8
branch,
or
an
action
by
the
commission
which
affects
the
final
9
disposition
of
a
complaint,
requires
the
affirmative
vote
of
10
at
least
four
commission
members.
Notwithstanding
chapter
21
11
and
chapter
22
,
all
records,
papers,
proceedings,
meetings,
12
and
hearings
of
the
commission
are
confidential,
but
if
the
13
commission
applies
to
the
supreme
court
to
retire,
discipline,
14
or
remove
a
judicial
officer,
or
to
discipline
or
remove
an
15
employee
of
the
judicial
branch,
the
application
and
all
of
the
16
records
and
papers
in
that
proceeding
are
public
documents.
17
Upon
request,
a
member
of
the
general
assembly
shall
have
18
access
to
confidential
complaints,
decisions,
actions,
records,
19
papers,
or
other
information
taken
by
the
commission.
A
member
20
of
the
general
assembly
provided
access
by
the
commission
21
shall
keep
all
information
received
confidential.
A
member
22
of
the
general
assembly
that
is
party
to
an
action
before
a
23
judicial
officer
shall
not
be
allowed
to
request
or
obtain
24
access
to
complaints,
decisions,
actions,
records,
papers,
or
25
other
information
provided
to
the
commission
pertaining
to
26
that
judicial
officer
until
the
action
is
final
and
may
not
be
27
appealed.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
relates
to
confidential
records
of
the
commission
32
on
judicial
qualifications.
The
commission
on
judicial
33
qualifications
considers
charges
made
against
judicial
officers
34
and
employees
of
the
judicial
branch
and
determines
whether
to
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make
an
application
to
the
supreme
court
to
retire,
discipline,
1
or
remove
a
judicial
officer
or
remove
a
judicial
branch
2
employee.
The
records
of
the
commission
are
confidential
3
unless
the
commission
decides
to
apply
to
the
supreme
court
to
4
take
action
against
the
judicial
officer
or
employee,
in
which
5
case
the
records
become
public
documents.
The
bill
provides
6
that
a
member
of
the
general
assembly
shall,
upon
request,
have
7
access
to
the
commission
on
judicial
qualifications’
records.
8
A
member
of
the
general
assembly
with
access
is
required
9
to
keep
the
records
confidential.
A
member
of
the
general
10
assembly
that
is
party
to
an
action
shall
not
be
allowed
to
11
request
records
relating
to
the
judicial
officer
presiding
over
12
the
action
until
the
action
is
final
and
may
not
be
appealed.
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