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AN
ACT
PROHIBITING
THE
USE
OF
CERTAIN
MONITORING
DEVICES
IN
CERTAIN
LOCATIONS
OPEN
TO
THE
PUBLIC,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
27.1
Definitions.
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
a.
“Monitoring
device”
means
a
digital
video
or
audio
streaming
or
recording
device
that
is
part
of
a
system
of
monitoring
activity
in
an
area
or
building
using
a
system
in
which
signals
are
transmitted
from
a
video
camera
or
microphone
to
the
receivers
by
cables
or
wirelessly,
forming
a
closed
circuit.
b.
“Public
hospital”
means
a
hospital
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
135B
and
governed
pursuant
to
chapter
145A,
263,
347,
347A,
or
392.
c.
“Public
library”
means
a
library
district
as
described
in
chapter
336.
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d.
“Public
school”
means
a
school
district
as
described
in
chapter
274.
e.
“Reasonable
expectation
of
privacy”
means
a
person’s
reasonable
belief,
under
the
circumstances,
that
the
person
can
disrobe
or
partially
disrobe
in
privacy
without
being
concerned
that
the
person
is
being
viewed,
photographed,
or
filmed
when
doing
so.
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
27.2
Monitoring
devices
prohibited.
The
state
or
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
public
library,
public
school,
or
other
government
office
open
to
the
public,
shall
not
use
a
monitoring
device
in
a
toilet,
bath,
or
shower
facility;
locker
room;
common
area
within
such
a
facility
or
room,
including
an
area
where
a
sink
or
changing
table
is
located;
or
other
space
open
to
the
public
where
a
person
has
a
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
27.3
Removal
of
monitoring
devices.
On
or
before
July
1,
2017,
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
public
library,
public
school,
or
other
government
office
open
to
the
public,
using
a
monitoring
device
in
a
toilet,
bath,
or
shower
facility;
locker
room;
common
area
within
such
a
facility
or
room,
including
an
area
where
a
sink
or
changing
table
is
located;
or
other
space
open
to
the
public
where
a
person
has
a
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy
shall
cease
use
of
and
remove
the
monitoring
device.
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
27.4
Limitation
on
political
subdivisions.
On
July
1,
2017,
any
ordinance,
resolution,
rule,
or
other
measure
adopted
or
enforced
by
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state
permitting
the
use
of
a
monitoring
device
in
a
toilet,
bath,
or
shower
facility;
locker
room;
common
area
within
such
a
facility
or
room,
including
an
area
where
a
sink
or
changing
table
is
located;
or
other
space
open
to
the
public
where
a
person
has
a
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy
is
void.
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
27.5
Public
hospital
exception.
This
chapter
does
not
apply
to
a
public
hospital
where
use
of
a
monitoring
device
is
necessary
to
protect
the
health
or
safety
of
a
patient
during
a
patient’s
course
of
treatment.
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Sec.
6.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
499,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor