Senate Study Bill 3160 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SWEENEY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the sealing of information that is a part of 1 the record of a case of marriage dissolution. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6222XC (2) 88 pf/rh

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 598.26, subsection 2, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. The court shall, in the absence of objection by another 3 party, grant a motion by a party to require the sealing of an 4 answer to an interrogatory or of a financial statement filed 5 pursuant to section 598.13 . The court may in its discretion 6 grant a motion by a party to require the sealing of any other 7 information which is part of the record of the case except for 8 including court orders, decrees , and any judgments. If the 9 court grants a motion to require the sealing of information in 10 the case, the sealed information shall not thereafter be made 11 available to any person other than a party to the action or a 12 party’s attorney except upon order of the court for good cause 13 shown. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill provides that in a case of marriage dissolution, 18 a court may in its discretion grant a motion to a party to 19 require the sealing of any other information which is part of 20 the record of the case including court orders, decrees, and 21 any judgments. Current law states that the court may grant 22 a motion to seal any other information which is part of the 23 record of the case except for court orders, decrees, and any 24 judgments. 25 -1- LSB 6222XC (2) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1