House File 709 - Enrolled
House File 709
AN ACT
RELATING TO PRETRIAL CONTACT BETWEEN A PROSECUTING WITNESS WHO
IS A MINOR AND THE DEFENDANT.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 915.36A Minor prosecuting witness
2 —— pretrial contact.
3 A prosecuting witness who is a minor shall have the right to
4 have the interview or deposition taken outside of the presence
5 of the defendant. The interview or deposition may be televised
6 by closed-circuit equipment to a room where the defendant can
7 view the interview or deposition or in a manner that ensures
8 that the defendant shall not have contact with the minor. The
9 defendant shall be allowed to communicate with the defendant’s
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10 counsel in the room where the minor is being interviewed or
11 deposed by an appropriate electronic method.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 709, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor