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House File 631 - Enrolled
                                                       House File 631
                                  AN ACT
     RELATING TO THE RIGHTS OF PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
        AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, BRADY-GIGLIO LIST POLICY, AND
        CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE
        PROVISIONS.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
 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 8   is repealed July 1, 2023.
 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.
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20    Sec. 3. Section 80F.1, subsection 24, paragraph i, Code
21 2023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
22    Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
23 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   ______________________________     ______________________________
   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 631, Ninetieth General Assembly.
                                      ______________________________
                                      MEGHAN NELSON
                                      Chief Clerk of the House
   Approved _______________, 2023     ______________________________
                                      KIM REYNOLDS
                                      Governor
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 80F.1
Enrolled: 80F.1