SSB 3037 (LSB 5347XD (3) 90)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED SECRETARY OF STATE BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the address confidentiality program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 9E.3, subsection 1, paragraphs e and f, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   e.  The residential address of the eligible person, disclosure of which could lead to an increased risk of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, or human trafficking.  If the eligible person’s residential address is a shelter known to the program, the applicant may provide the shelter’s name and other contact information in lieu of the shelter’s physical address.
   f.  If mail cannot be delivered to the residential address of the eligible person, the address to which mail can be sent to the eligible person.  If the eligible person’s mailing address is a shelter known to the program, the applicant may provide the shelter’s name and other contact information in lieu of the shelter’s physical address.
    Sec. 2.  Section 9E.4, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The secretary shall cancel a program participant’s certification if the for any of the following reasons:
   a.  The program participant’s application contains false information.
   b.  The secretary receives information from a reliable source that the program participant has died.
    Sec. 3.  Section 9E.5, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The secretary shall forward all mail sent to the designated address to the program participant.  At the request of the program participant, the secretary may hold the program participant’s mail for up to thirty days.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, the address confidentiality program managed by the secretary of state provides mail forwarding services to program participants who include victims of domestic abuse, domestic abuse assault, sexual abuse, assault, stalking, or human trafficking, and individuals who fear for their own safety or the safety of a household member. This bill allows the secretary to (1) accept as an eligible person’s residential or mailing address the name and other contact information of a shelter at which the eligible person resides in lieu of the shelter’s physical address, (2) cancel a deceased participant’s certification upon receiving reliable information, and (3) hold a participant’s mail for up to 30 days at the request of the participant.