House Amendment to Senate File 434 S-3329 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 i. The statistical analysis center for the purposes stated 35 -1- SF434.2164.H (1) 87 md 1/ 5 #1.
in section 216A.136. 1 Sec. 2. Section 232.147, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2017, are 2 amended to read as follows: 3 2. Official juvenile court records in all cases containing a 4 petition or a complaint alleging the commission of a delinquent 5 act except those alleging the commission of a delinquent act 6 that would be a forcible felony if committed by an adult shall 7 be confidential and are not public records. Unless an order 8 sealing such confidential records in a delinquency proceeding 9 has been entered pursuant to section 232.150 , confidential 10 records may be inspected and their contents shall be disclosed 11 to the following without court order, provided that a person 12 or entity who inspects or receives a confidential record under 13 this section shall not disclose the confidential record or its 14 contents unless required by law: 15 a. The judge and professional court staff, including 16 juvenile court officers. 17 b. The child and the child’s counsel. 18 c. The child’s parent, guardian or custodian, court 19 appointed special advocate, and guardian ad litem, and 20 the members of the child advocacy board created in section 21 237.16 or a local citizen foster care review board created in 22 accordance with section 237.19 who are assigning or reviewing 23 the child’s case. 24 d. The county attorney and the county attorney’s assistants. 25 e. An agency, association, facility or institution which 26 has custody of the child, or is legally responsible for the 27 care, treatment or supervision of the child, including but not 28 limited to the department of human services. 29 f. A court, court professional staff, and adult probation 30 officers in connection with the preparation of a presentence 31 report concerning a person who prior thereto had been the 32 subject of a juvenile court delinquency proceeding. 33 g. The child’s foster parent or an individual providing 34 preadoptive care to the child. 35 -2- SF434.2164.H (1) 87 md 2/ 5
h. The state public defender. 1 i. The department of corrections. 2 j. A judicial district department of correctional services. 3 k. The board of parole. 4 l. The superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of 5 the school district for the school attended by the child or 6 the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school 7 attended by the child. 8 m. A member of the armed forces of the United States who is 9 conducting a background investigation of an individual pursuant 10 to federal law. 11 n. The statistical analysis center for the purposes stated 12 in section 216A.136 . 13 o. A state or local law enforcement agency. 14 p. The alleged victim of the delinquent act. 15 a. The judge and professional staff, including juvenile 16 court officers. 17 b. The child and the child’s counsel or guardian ad litem. 18 c. The prosecuting attorney and the prosecuting attorney’s 19 assistants. 20 d. A court, court professional staff, and adult probation 21 officers in connection with the preparation of a presentence 22 report concerning a person who prior thereto had been the 23 subject of a juvenile court proceeding. 24 e. A state or local law enforcement agency. 25 f. The state public defender. 26 g. The statistical analysis center for the purposes stated 27 in section 216A.136. 28 h. The department of human services. 29 i. The department of corrections. 30 j. A judicial district department of correctional services. 31 k. The board of parole. 32 l. The superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of 33 the school district for the school attended by the child or 34 the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school 35 -3- SF434.2164.H (1) 87 md 3/ 5
attended by the child. 1 m. A member of the armed forces of the United States who is 2 conducting a background investigation of an individual pursuant 3 to federal law. 4 n. The alleged victim of the delinquent act. 5 o. A federal law enforcement officer. 6 3. Official juvenile court records containing a petition 7 or complaint alleging the commission of a delinquent act that 8 would be a forcible felony if committed by an adult shall be 9 public records subject to a confidentiality order under section 10 232.149A or sealing under section 232.150 . However, such 11 official records shall not be available to the public or any 12 governmental agency through the internet or in an electronic 13 customized data report unless the child has been adjudicated 14 delinquent in the matter. However, such official juvenile 15 court records shall be disclosed through the internet or in 16 an electronic customized data report prior to the child being 17 adjudicated delinquent to the following without court order: 18 a. The judge and professional court staff, including 19 juvenile court officers. 20 b. The child and the child’s counsel or guardian ad litem. 21 c. The county prosecuting attorney and the county 22 prosecuting attorney’s assistants. 23 d. A court, court professional staff, and adult probation 24 officers in connection with the preparation of a presentence 25 report concerning a person who prior thereto had been the 26 subject of a juvenile court proceeding. 27 e. A state or local law enforcement agency. 28 f. The state public defender. 29 g. The statistical analysis center for the purposes stated 30 in section 216A.136 . 31 h. The department of human services. 32 i. The department of corrections. 33 j. A judicial district department of correctional services. 34 k. The board of parole. 35 -4- SF434.2164.H (1) 87 md 4/ 5
l. The superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of 1 the school district for the school attended by the child or 2 the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school 3 attended by the child. 4 m. A member of the armed forces of the United States who is 5 conducting a background investigation of an individual pursuant 6 to federal law. 7 n. The alleged victim of the delinquent act. 8 o. A federal law enforcement officer. 9 Sec. 3. Section 232.150, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 10 2017, is amended to read as follows: 11 a. All agencies and persons having custody of records which 12 are named therein, shall send such records to the court issuing 13 the order. Maintenance or destruction of these records shall 14 be prescribed by the state court administrator. > 15 2. Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking < the sealing 16 of certain criminal offenders’ juvenile delinquency records > 17 and inserting < the confidentiality and disclosure of certain 18 juvenile records > 19 3. By renumbering as necessary. 20 -5- SF434.2164.H (1) 87 md 5/ 5 #2.