SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act  relating to the confidentiality of an arrest warrant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 804.29, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   804.29  Confidentiality.
   1.  All information filed with the court for the purpose of securing a warrant for an arrest, including but not limited to a citation and affidavits, shall be a confidential record until such time as a peace officer has made the arrest and has made the officer’s return on the warrant. During the period of time that information is confidential, it
 
the record shall be sealed by the court and the information contained therein
 
in the record shall not be disseminated to any person other than a peace officer, employee of a county attorney’s office, magistrate, or another court employee, in the course of official duties.
   2.  However, during the period of confidentiality in subsection 1, the information in the record may be disseminated during the course of official duties to the following persons:
   a.  A peace officer.
   b.  An employee of the county attorney’s office.
   c.  A judicial officer or other court employees.
   d.  An employee of the department of corrections or judicial district department of correctional services, if authorized by the director of the department of corrections.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the confidentiality of an arrest warrant.
   The bill authorizes an employee of the department of corrections or judicial district department of correctional services, if authorized by the director of the department of corrections, to receive confidential information filed with the court relating to an arrest warrant during the course of official duties of the employee.
   Current law authorizes a peace officer, an employee of the county attorney’s office, a judicial officer, or court employees to receive confidential information relating to an arrest warrant during the course of official duties.