House File 2247 - Enrolled
House File 2247
AN ACT
CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING MENTAL
HEALTH ADVOCATES, ACCESS TO AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF JUROR
INFORMATION, REMOTE TESTIMONY, AND ACCESS TO CRIMINAL
HISTORY RECORDS.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 DIVISION I
2 PATIENT ADVOCATES
3 Section 1. Section 229.19, subsection 1, paragraph d,
4 subparagraph (7), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
5 (7) To utilize the related best practices for the duties
6 identified in this paragraph “d” developed and promulgated by
7 the judicial council.
8 DIVISION II
9 JURORS —— INFORMATION
10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 607A.48 Public access to juror
11 information.
12 1. Public access to juror and prospective juror information
13 shall be limited. Information on the year of birth and address
14 information identifying the city and zip code of prospective
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15 jurors shall be available to the public. However, more
16 specific address information, phone numbers, and the date and
17 month of birth of prospective jurors are confidential and not
18 subject to disclosure without an order of the court.
19 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, attorneys representing
20 parties to the case are entitled to the complete juror
21 questionnaires of jurors and prospective jurors without order
22 of the court.
23 DIVISION III
24 REMOTE TESTIMONY
25 Sec. 3. Section 624.1, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
26 to read as follows:
27 1. All issues of fact in ordinary actions shall be tried
28 upon oral evidence taken in open court, except that depositions
29 may be used as provided by law. “Open court” includes remote
30 testimony of a witness by telephone, videoconference, or other
31 remote means of communication approved by the court.
32 DIVISION IV
33 ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS
34 Sec. 4. Section 692.2, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
35 to read as follows:
1 5. A person other than the department of public safety
2 shall not disseminate criminal history data maintained by the
3 department to persons who are not criminal or juvenile justice
4 agencies, except as set forth in section 692.3.
5 Sec. 5. Section 692.3, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended
6 to read as follows:
7 3. The information described in this section subsections
8 1 and 2 may be redisseminated through any written, audio, or
9 visual means utilized by a criminal or juvenile justice agency.
10 Sec. 6. Section 692.3, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
11 following new subsections:
12 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A person may disseminate criminal
13 history data of an accused to the attorney of the accused and
14 to self-represented litigants in a pending criminal matter
15 in district or juvenile court, if the criminal history data
16 is already part of the prosecution’s file and subject to a
17 discovery obligation.
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18 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. Upon order of the court, a person may
19 disseminate criminal history data of an accused that is not
20 already part of the prosecution’s file, or criminal history
21 data of a witness, to the attorney of the accused, prosecutors,
22 and to self-represented litigants in a pending criminal matter
23 in district or juvenile court.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2247, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 229.19, 624.1, 692.2, 692.3
Enrolled: 229.19, 624.1, 692.2, 692.3