Senate
Study
Bill
3110
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KREIMAN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
conducting
court
hearings
by
video
1
conference.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
602.4201,
subsection
1,
Code
Supplement
1
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
supreme
court
may
prescribe
all
rules
of
pleading,
3
practice,
evidence,
and
procedure,
and
the
forms
of
process,
4
writs,
and
notices,
for
all
proceedings
in
all
courts
of
5
this
state,
for
the
purposes
of
simplifying
the
proceedings
6
and
promoting
the
speedy
determination
of
litigation
upon
7
its
merits.
The
supreme
court
may
also
prescribe
rules
8
allowing
judicial
officers,
at
the
discretion
of
the
judicial
9
officer,
to
conduct
hearings
using
video
conferencing
to
meet
10
statutory
in-person
requirements.
The
rules
prescribing
video
11
conferencing
shall
allow
a
party
to
make
an
application
to
the
12
court
requesting
the
hearing
be
in
the
presence
of
the
judicial
13
officer.
14
EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
relates
to
conducting
court
hearings
by
video
16
conference.
17
Under
the
bill,
the
supreme
court
may
prescribe
rules
18
allowing
a
judicial
officer,
at
the
discretion
of
such
officer,
19
to
conduct
hearings
using
video
conferencing
to
meet
statutory
20
in-person
requirements.
If
a
judicial
officer
orders
a
hearing
21
by
video
conferencing,
the
rules
shall
allow
a
party
to
make
an
22
application
requesting
the
hearing
be
in
the
presence
of
the
23
judicial
officer.
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