Senate File 2297 H-8355 Amend Senate File 2297, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 6 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. Section 602.2103, Code 2022, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 602.2103 Operation of commission. 5 A quorum of the commission is four members. Only those 6 commission members that are present at commission meetings 7 or hearings may vote. An application by the commission to 8 the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial 9 officer, or discipline or remove an employee of the judicial 10 branch, or an action by the commission which affects the final 11 disposition of a complaint, requires the affirmative vote of 12 at least four commission members. Notwithstanding chapter 21 13 and chapter 22 , all records, papers, proceedings, meetings, 14 and hearings of the commission are confidential, but if the 15 commission applies to the supreme court to retire, discipline, 16 or remove a judicial officer, or to discipline or remove an 17 employee of the judicial branch, the application and all of the 18 records and papers in that proceeding are public documents. 19 If an investigation by any standing committee of the general 20 assembly is undertaken pursuant to section 2.15, subsection 21 1, paragraph “b” , related to a charge that was brought before 22 the commission, the standing committee shall have access to 23 confidential information held by the commission, including 24 all documents and actions taken regarding the issue under 25 investigation by the standing committee. > 26 2. Title page, line 1, before < jury > by inserting 27 < confidential records of the commission on judicial 28 qualifications by standing committees of the general assembly, 29 and > 30 3. By renumbering as necessary. 31 ______________________________ HOLT of Crawford -1- SF 2297.4307 (1) 89 as/rh 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.