House File 616 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEDDENS, WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
                                           and DEYOE


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to certain witness information in the minutes of
  2    evidence filed with a trial information or indictment and
  3    providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1569YH 83
  6 rh/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  813.3A  TRIAL INFORMATION OR
  1  2 INDICTMENT == MINUTES OF EVIDENCE.
  1  3    A prosecuting attorney shall, at the time of filing a trial
  1  4 information or indictment, also file the minutes of evidence
  1  5 of the witnesses which shall consist of a notice in writing
  1  6 stating the name, place of employment, and occupation of each
  1  7 witness upon whose expected testimony the information is
  1  8 based, or upon whose grand jury testimony the indictment is
  1  9 based, and a full and fair statement of the witness' expected
  1 10 testimony.  Such notice shall not contain the residential
  1 11 address of any witness.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill provides that a prosecuting attorney shall, at
  1 16 the time of filing a trial information or indictment, also
  1 17 file the minutes of evidence of the witnesses which shall
  1 18 consist of a notice in writing stating the name, place of
  1 19 employment, and occupation of each witness upon whose expected
  1 20 testimony the information is based, or upon whose grand jury
  1 21 testimony the indictment is based, and a full and fair
  1 22 statement of the witness' expected testimony.  Such notice
  1 23 shall not contain the residential address of any witness.
  1 24    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 25 LSB 1569YH 83
  1 26 rh/rj/8