SF 2245 (LSB 5218SV (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 2245

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3088)

A BILL FOR

An Act requesting interim committees relating to confidentiality provisions under Iowa’s open records law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  INTERIM STUDY —— LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS —— BODY CAMERA VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS.  The legislative council is requested to establish an interim committee, composed of legislator members of both political parties from both houses of the general assembly, to meet during the 2016 interim to discuss issues relating to the use, storage, retention, public inspection, and confidentiality of law enforcement investigative reports and specific portions of electronic mail and telephone billing records of law enforcement agencies if part of an ongoing investigation and including law enforcement body camera video and audio recordings. The committee is directed to submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by December 15, 2016.
    Sec. 2.  INTERIM STUDY —— PUBLIC RECORDS AND CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS UNDER IOWA’S OPEN RECORDS LAW.  The legislative council is requested to establish a legislative interim committee to meet during the 2016 interim to study and discuss issues relating to the statutory designation of certain public records as confidential records under chapter 22 (Iowa’s open records law). The committee shall work to develop a clear statutory categorization of the terms “government records”, “public records”, and “confidential records” to facilitate the assignment of particular government records to each category, and to provide a framework to better inform and provide guidance to public record custodians relating to their rights and responsibilities under chapter 22. In conducting the study and developing recommendations, the committee shall consider testimony from interested stakeholders, including but not limited to representatives from the attorney general’s office, the Iowa public information board, the Iowa state association of counties, the Iowa league of cities, and state and local government agencies. The committee shall submit its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 31, 2016.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the confidentiality of certain public records including law enforcement record information.
   INTERIM STUDY —— LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS AND INFORMATION.  The bill requests the legislative council to establish an interim committee, composed of legislator members of both political parties from both houses of the general assembly, to meet during the 2016 interim to discuss issues relating to the storage, retention, public inspection, and confidentiality of certain law enforcement investigative reports and information including body camera video and audio recordings. The committee is directed to submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by December 15, 2016.
   INTERIM STUDY —— PUBLIC RECORDS AND CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS.  The bill requests the legislative council to establish a legislative interim committee to meet during the 2016 interim to study and discuss issues relating to the statutory designation of certain public records as confidential records under Code chapter 22 (Iowa’s open records law). The committee is directed to develop a clear statutory categorization of the terms “government records”, “public records”, and “confidential records” to facilitate the assignment of particular government records to each category, and to provide a framework to better inform and provide guidance to public record custodians relating to their rights and responsibilities under Code chapter 22. The committee is directed to submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by December 31, 2016.