House File 643 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY BAUDLER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the provision of certain witness information 2 in the minutes of evidence filed with a trial information or 3 indictment and providing an effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2599YH 83 6 rh/rj/8 PAG LIN 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 2599YH 83 1 26 rh/rj/8