Senate File 385 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 385
BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1137)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to a Brady-Giglio list maintained by a
2 prosecuting agency, and confidential information, and
3 including effective date provisions.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 80F.1, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2 2023, is amended to read as follows:
3 a. “Brady-Giglio list” means a list compiled by a
4 prosecuting agency containing the names and details of officers
5 who have sustained incidents of untruthfulness, criminal
6 convictions, candor issues, or some other type of issue which
7 places the officer’s credibility into question. This paragraph
8 is repealed July 1, 2023 2024.
9 Sec. 2. Section 80F.1, subsection 24, Code 2023, is amended
10 by adding the following new paragraph:
11 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0f. A prosecuting agency shall keep
12 confidential and shall not release to the public an officer’s
13 personnel file, medical records, or any statement, recording,
14 transcript, or complaint protected under subsection 20, to
15 the public. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
16 prohibit the release of records to the officer or the officer’s
17 legal counsel as required under this section upon the request
18 of the officer or the officer’s legal counsel or as otherwise
19 provided by law or court order.
20 Sec. 3. Section 80F.1, subsection 24, paragraph i, Code
21 2023, is amended to read as follows:
22 i. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2023 2024.
23 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
24 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
25 EXPLANATION
26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
28 This bill relates to a Brady-Giglio list maintained by a
29 prosecuting agency.
30 Current law in Code chapter 80F (peace officer, public
31 safety, and emergency personnel bill of rights) describes
32 procedural requirements that a prosecuting agency that
33 maintains a Brady-Giglio list must comply with and provides
34 a definition of “Brady-Giglio list”. These requirements and
35 definition were set by the general assembly to be repealed on
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1 July 1, 2023. The bill extends the future repeal provisions to
2 July 1, 2024.
3 The bill provides that a prosecuting agency shall keep
4 confidential and not release to the public an officer’s
5 personnel file, medical records, or any statement, recording,
6 transcript, or complaint. The bill does not prohibit the
7 release of records to the officer or the officer’s legal
8 counsel, or as otherwise provided by law or court order.
9 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 80F.1