Senate File 434 H-1252 Amend Senate File 434, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 232.147, Code 2017, is amended by adding 4 the following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. Official juvenile court records 6 in all cases except those alleging delinquency shall be 7 confidential and are not public records. Confidential records 8 may be inspected and their contents shall be disclosed to 9 the following without court order, provided that a person or 10 entity who inspects or receives a confidential record under 11 this section shall not disclose the confidential record or its 12 contents unless required by law: 13 a. The judge and professional court staff, including 14 juvenile court officers. 15 b. The child and the child’s counsel. 16 c. The child’s parent, guardian or custodian, court 17 appointed special advocate, and guardian ad litem, and 18 the members of the child advocacy board created in section 19 237.16 or a local citizen foster care review board created in 20 accordance with section 237.19 who are assigning or reviewing 21 the child’s case. 22 d. The county attorney and the county attorney’s assistants. 23 e. An agency, association, facility, or institution which 24 has custody of the child, or is legally responsible for the 25 care, treatment, or supervision of the child, including but not 26 limited to the department of human services. 27 f. A court, court professional staff, and adult probation 28 officers in connection with the preparation of a presentence 29 report concerning a person who prior thereto had been the 30 subject of a juvenile court proceeding. 31 g. The child’s foster parent or an individual providing 32 preadoptive care to the child. 33 h. The state public defender. 34 Sec. 2. Section 232.147, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are 35 -1- SF434.1894 (2) 87 hb/rj 1/ 5 #1.
amended to read as follows: 1 2. Official juvenile court records in all cases containing a 2 petition or a complaint alleging the commission of a delinquent 3 act except those alleging the commission of a delinquent act 4 that would be a forcible felony if committed by an adult shall 5 be confidential and are not public records. Unless an order 6 sealing such confidential records in a delinquency proceeding 7 has been entered pursuant to section 232.150 , confidential 8 records may be inspected and their contents shall be disclosed 9 to the following without court order, provided that a person 10 or entity who inspects or receives a confidential record under 11 this section shall not disclose the confidential record or its 12 contents unless required by law: 13 a. The judge and professional court staff, including 14 juvenile court officers. 15 b. The child and the child’s counsel. 16 c. The child’s parent, guardian or custodian, court 17 appointed special advocate, and guardian ad litem, and 18 the members of the child advocacy board created in section 19 237.16 or a local citizen foster care review board created in 20 accordance with section 237.19 who are assigning or reviewing 21 the child’s case. 22 d. The county attorney and the county attorney’s assistants. 23 e. An agency, association, facility or institution which 24 has custody of the child, or is legally responsible for the 25 care, treatment or supervision of the child, including but not 26 limited to the department of human services. 27 f. A court, court professional staff, and adult probation 28 officers in connection with the preparation of a presentence 29 report concerning a person who prior thereto had been the 30 subject of a juvenile court delinquency proceeding. 31 g. The child’s foster parent or an individual providing 32 preadoptive care to the child. 33 h. The state public defender. 34 i. The department of corrections. 35 -2- SF434.1894 (2) 87 hb/rj 2/ 5
j. A judicial district department of correctional services. 1 k. The board of parole. 2 l. The superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of 3 the school district for the school attended by the child or 4 the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school 5 attended by the child. 6 m. A member of the armed forces of the United States who is 7 conducting a background investigation of an individual pursuant 8 to federal law. 9 n. The statistical analysis center for the purposes stated 10 in section 216A.136 . 11 o. A state or local law enforcement agency. 12 p. The alleged victim of the delinquent act. 13 a. The judge and professional staff, including juvenile 14 court officers. 15 b. The child and the child’s counsel or guardian ad litem. 16 c. The prosecuting county attorney and the prosecuting 17 county attorney’s assistants. 18 d. A court, court professional staff, and adult probation 19 officers in connection with the preparation of a presentence 20 report concerning a person who prior thereto had been the 21 subject of a juvenile court proceeding. 22 e. A state or local law enforcement agency. 23 f. The state public defender. 24 g. The statistical analysis center for the purposes stated 25 in section 216A.136. 26 h. The department of human services. 27 i. The department of corrections. 28 j. A judicial district department of correctional services. 29 k. The board of parole. 30 l. The superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of 31 the school district for the school attended by the child or 32 the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school 33 attended by the child. 34 m. A member of the armed forces of the United States who is 35 -3- SF434.1894 (2) 87 hb/rj 3/ 5
conducting a background investigation of an individual pursuant 1 to federal law. 2 n. The alleged victim of the delinquent act. 3 o. A federal law enforcement officer. 4 3. Official juvenile court records containing a petition 5 or complaint alleging the commission of a delinquent act that 6 would be a forcible felony if committed by an adult shall be 7 public records subject to a confidentiality order under section 8 232.149A or sealing under section 232.150 . However, such 9 official records shall not be available to the public or any 10 governmental agency through the internet or in an electronic 11 customized data report unless the child has been adjudicated 12 delinquent in the matter. However, such official juvenile 13 court records shall be disclosed through the internet or in 14 an electronic customized data report prior to the child being 15 adjudicated delinquent to the following without court order: 16 a. The judge and professional court staff, including 17 juvenile court officers. 18 b. The child and the child’s counsel or guardian ad litem. 19 c. The prosecuting county attorney and the prosecuting 20 county attorney’s assistants. 21 d. A court, court professional staff, and adult probation 22 officers in connection with the preparation of a presentence 23 report concerning a person who prior thereto had been the 24 subject of a juvenile court proceeding. 25 e. A state or local law enforcement agency. 26 f. The state public defender. 27 g. The statistical analysis center for the purposes stated 28 in section 216A.136 . 29 h. The department of human services. 30 i. The department of corrections. 31 j. A judicial district department of correctional services. 32 k. The board of parole. 33 l. The superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of 34 the school district for the school attended by the child or 35 -4- SF434.1894 (2) 87 hb/rj 4/ 5
the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school 1 attended by the child. 2 m. A member of the armed forces of the United States who is 3 conducting a background investigation of an individual pursuant 4 to federal law. 5 n. The alleged victim of the delinquent act. 6 o. A federal law enforcement officer. 7 Sec. 3. Section 232.150, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 8 2017, is amended to read as follows: 9 a. All agencies and persons having custody of records which 10 are named therein, shall send such records to the court issuing 11 the order. Maintenance or destruction of these records shall 12 be prescribed by the state court administrator. > 13 2. Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking < the sealing 14 of certain criminal offenders’ juvenile delinquency records > 15 and inserting < the confidentiality and disclosure of certain 16 juvenile records > 17 3. By renumbering as necessary. 18 ______________________________ COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BALTIMORE of Boone, Chairperson -5- SF434.1894 (2) 87 hb/rj 5/ 5 #2. #3.