Senate File 648 S-3156 Amend Senate File 648 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < DIVISION I 4 FY 2025-2026 APPROPRIATIONS 5 Section 1. JUDICIAL BRANCH. 6 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 7 to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 8 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following amounts, or so 9 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 10 designated: 11 a. For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court 12 judges, district court judges, district associate judges, 13 associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, judicial 14 magistrates and staff, state court administrator, clerk of 15 the supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of 16 the district court, juvenile court officers, board of law 17 examiners, board of examiners of shorthand reporters, and 18 commission on judicial qualifications; receipt and disbursement 19 of child support payments; reimbursement of the auditor 20 of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of the 21 offices of the clerks of the district court during the fiscal 22 year beginning July 1, 2025; and maintenance, equipment, and 23 miscellaneous purposes: 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $202,691,378 25 b. For deposit in the revolving fund created pursuant to 26 section 602.1302, subsection 3, for jury and witness fees, 27 mileage, costs related to summoning jurors, costs and fees for 28 interpreters and translators, and reimbursement of attorney 29 fees paid by the state public defender: 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,600,000 31 c. For payment of expenses for court-ordered services 32 provided to juveniles who are under the supervision of juvenile 33 court services, which expenses are a charge upon the state 34 pursuant to section 232.141, subsection 4: 35 -1- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 1/ 8 #1.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,290,000 1 (1) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 2 no more than $1,556,000 is allocated to provide school-based 3 supervision of children under chapter 232, of which no more 4 than $25,000 may be used for purposes of training. 5 (2) Notwithstanding section 232.141 or any other provision 6 of law to the contrary, the moneys appropriated in this 7 lettered paragraph shall be distributed to the judicial 8 districts as determined by the state court administrator. The 9 state court administrator shall make the determination of the 10 distribution amounts within thirty days of the date on which 11 the annual census data is released. 12 (3) Notwithstanding chapter 232 or any other provision of 13 law to the contrary, a district or juvenile court shall not 14 order any service which is a charge upon the state pursuant 15 to section 232.141 if there are insufficient court-ordered 16 services moneys available in the district court distribution 17 amounts to pay for the service. The chief juvenile court 18 officer shall encourage use of the moneys appropriated in this 19 lettered paragraph such that there are sufficient moneys to pay 20 for all court-ordered services during the entire fiscal year. 21 The chief juvenile court officer shall attempt to anticipate 22 potential surpluses and shortfalls in the distribution amounts 23 and shall cooperatively request the state court administrator 24 to transfer moneys between the judicial districts’ distribution 25 amounts as prudent. 26 (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 27 a district or juvenile court shall not order a county to pay 28 for any service provided to a juvenile pursuant to an order 29 entered under chapter 232 which is a charge upon the state 30 under section 232.141, subsection 4. 31 (5) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 32 no more than $83,000 may be used by the judicial branch 33 for administration of the requirements under this lettered 34 paragraph. 35 -2- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 2/ 8

(6) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 1 an amount not to exceed the actual cost of the annual 2 membership fee is allocated to the judicial branch to support 3 the interstate commission for juveniles in accordance with 4 the interstate compact for juveniles as provided in section 5 232.173. 6 (7) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 7 this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated 8 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall 9 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 10 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2028. 11 d. For juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services 12 pursuant to section 232.192: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,253,000 14 (1) Any state moneys saved as a result of efforts by 15 juvenile court services to earn a federal fund match pursuant 16 to Tit. IV-E of the federal Family First Prevention Services 17 Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-123, for juvenile court services 18 administration is appropriated to the judicial branch for 19 purposes of this lettered paragraph. 20 (2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 21 this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated 22 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall 23 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 24 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2028. 25 2. The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal 26 processing, shall use the current state budget system, the 27 state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting 28 system in administration of programs and payments for services, 29 and shall not duplicate the state payroll, accounting, and 30 budgeting systems. 31 3. The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial 32 statements to the legislative services agency and the 33 department of management containing all appropriated accounts 34 in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status 35 -3- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 3/ 8

reports and personal services usage reports of the department 1 of administrative services. The monthly financial statements 2 shall include a comparison of the dollars and percentage 3 spent of budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures on 4 a cumulative basis for full-time equivalent positions and 5 dollars. 6 4. The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the 7 collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, fees, 8 surcharges, or similar amounts. 9 5. It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices 10 of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties 11 and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably 12 possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens 13 of each county. An office of the clerk of the district court 14 shall be open regular courthouse hours. 15 6. In addition to the requirements for transfers under 16 section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the 17 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial 18 branch in this Act, unless notice of the revisions is given to 19 the legislative services agency prior to the effective date. 20 The notice shall include information on the judicial branch’s 21 rationale for making the changes and details concerning the 22 workload and performance measures upon which the changes are 23 based. 24 7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update to 25 the legislative services agency and department of management 26 specifying the amounts of fines, surcharges, and court costs 27 collected using the Iowa court information system since the 28 last report. The judicial branch shall continue to facilitate 29 the sharing of vital sentencing and other information with 30 other state departments and governmental agencies involved in 31 the criminal justice system through the Iowa court information 32 system. 33 8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general 34 assembly and department of management by January 1, 2026, 35 -4- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 4/ 8

concerning the amounts received and expended from the court 1 technology and modernization fund created in section 602.8108, 2 subsection 7, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, 3 and ending June 30, 2025, and the plans for expenditures from 4 the fund during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and 5 ending June 30, 2026. 6 Sec. 2. CIVIL TRIALS —— LOCATION. Notwithstanding any 7 provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 8 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, if all parties in a case 9 agree, a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a 10 county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even 11 if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial 12 district or judicial election district. If the trial is moved 13 pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat the case 14 as if a change of venue occurred. 15 Sec. 3. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. Notwithstanding section 16 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and 17 ending June 30, 2026, a judicial officer may waive travel 18 reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s 19 county of residence to conduct official judicial business. 20 Sec. 4. JUDICIAL OFFICER —— UNPAID LEAVE. Notwithstanding 21 the annual salary rates for judicial officers established by 22 this division of this Act for the fiscal year beginning July 23 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the supreme court may by 24 order place all judicial officers on unpaid leave status on any 25 day employees of the judicial branch are placed on temporary 26 layoff status. The biweekly pay of the judicial officers shall 27 be reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid 28 leave date occurred in the same manner as for noncontract 29 employees of the judicial branch. Through the course of the 30 fiscal year, the judicial branch may use an amount equal to 31 the aggregate amount of salary reductions due to the judicial 32 officer unpaid leave days for any purpose other than for 33 judicial salaries. 34 Sec. 5. IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. It is the intent 35 -5- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 5/ 8

of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize 1 the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic 2 communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year 3 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. 4 Sec. 6. SALARIES —— STATE COURT JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND 5 MAGISTRATES. 6 1. The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the 7 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, effective for the pay 8 period beginning June 20, 2025, and for subsequent fiscal 9 years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The 10 salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from moneys 11 appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this division 12 of this Act or any other Act of the general assembly. 13 2. The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the 14 persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the 15 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, effective with the pay 16 period beginning June 20, 2025, and for subsequent pay periods: 17 a. Chief justice of the supreme court: 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 211,059 19 b. Each justice of the supreme court: 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 201,609 21 c. Chief judge of the court of appeals: 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 189,010 23 d. Each associate judge of the court of appeals: 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 182,709 25 e. Each chief judge of a judicial district: 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 176,409 27 f. Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial 28 district: 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 170,108 30 g. Each district associate judge: 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 151,208 32 h. Each associate juvenile judge: 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 151,208 34 i. Each associate probate judge: 35 -6- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 6/ 8

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 151,208 1 j. Each judicial magistrate: 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 46,621 3 k. Each senior judge: 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,080 5 3. Persons receiving salary rates established under this 6 section shall not receive any additional salary adjustments 7 provided by this division of this Act or any other Act of the 8 general assembly. 9 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this division of 10 this Act enacting salaries for state court justices, judges, 11 and magistrates takes effect June 20, 2025. 12 DIVISION II 13 INTERPRETER OR TRANSLATOR FEES 14 Sec. 8. Section 602.1302, subsection 3, Code 2025, is 15 amended to read as follows: 16 3. A revolving fund is created in the state treasury for 17 the payment of jury and witness fees, mileage, costs related to 18 summoning jurors by the judicial branch, costs and fees related 19 to the management and payment of interpreters and translators 20 in judicial branch legal proceedings and court-ordered 21 programs, and attorney fees paid by the state public defender 22 for counsel appointed pursuant to section 600A.6A . The 23 judicial branch shall deposit any reimbursements to the state 24 for the payment of jury and witness fees , and mileage fees, 25 and interpreter or translator fees in the revolving fund. In 26 each calendar quarter the judicial branch shall reimburse 27 the state public defender for attorney fees paid pursuant to 28 section 600A.6B . Notwithstanding section 8.33 , unencumbered 29 and unobligated receipts in the revolving fund at the end of 30 a fiscal year do not revert to the general fund of the state. 31 The judicial branch shall on or before February 1 file a 32 financial accounting of the moneys in the revolving fund with 33 the legislative services agency. The accounting shall include 34 an estimate of disbursements from the revolving fund for the 35 -7- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 7/ 8

remainder of the fiscal year and for the next fiscal year. 1 Sec. 9. Section 602.8107, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2 2025, is amended to read as follows: 3 b. The department of revenue shall receive fifteen percent 4 of each court debt payment collected on cases assigned to the 5 department of revenue for collection to reflect the cost of 6 processing and the remaining eighty-five percent of such court 7 debt collected shall be paid to the clerk of the district court 8 for distribution under section 602.8108 . The department of 9 revenue collection fee shall not include the amount of court 10 debt collected for restitution involving pecuniary damages, the 11 victim compensation fund, the crime services surcharge, the 12 domestic and sexual abuse crimes surcharge, the agricultural 13 theft surcharge, or the sex offender civil penalty , or 14 interpreter or translator fees . 15 Sec. 10. Section 602.8107, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 16 2025, is amended to read as follows: 17 a. This subsection does not apply to amounts collected 18 for restitution involving pecuniary damages, the victim 19 compensation fund, the crime services surcharge, the domestic 20 and sexual abuse crimes surcharge, the agricultural theft 21 surcharge, the sex offender civil penalty, interpreter or 22 translator fees, or under section 421.65 . > 23 2. Title page, line 2, after < branch > by inserting 24 < including judicial officer salaries and interpreter or 25 translator fees, and including effective date provisions > 26 ______________________________ JULIAN GARRETT -8- SF 648.1899 (1) 91 cm/ns 8/ 8 #2.