Senate
File
404
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
404
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1089)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
certification
and
regulation
of
1
shorthand
reporters.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
602.3105,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
602.3105
Applications.
3
Applications
for
certification
shall
be
on
forms
prescribed
4
and
furnished
by
the
board
and
the
board
shall
not
require
that
5
the
application
contain
a
photograph
of
the
applicant.
An
6
applicant
shall
not
be
denied
certification
because
of
age,
7
citizenship,
sex,
race,
religion,
marital
status,
or
national
8
origin
although
the
application
may
require
citizenship
9
information.
The
board
may
consider
the
past
felony
record
of
10
an
applicant.
Character
references
may
be
required,
but
shall
11
not
be
obtained
from
certified
shorthand
reporters.
12
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
602.3108
Certification.
13
The
board
may
issue
a
certificate
to
a
person
of
good
14
moral
character
and
fitness
who
makes
application
on
a
form
15
prescribed
and
furnished
by
the
board
and
who
satisfies
the
16
education,
experience,
and
examination
requirements
of
this
17
article
and
rules
prescribed
by
the
supreme
court
pursuant
to
18
this
article.
The
board
may
consider
the
applicant’s
past
19
record
of
any
felony
conviction
and
the
applicant’s
past
20
record
of
disciplinary
action
with
respect
to
certification
21
as
a
shorthand
reporter
in
any
jurisdiction.
The
board
22
may
deny
certification
if
the
board
finds
the
applicant
has
23
committed
any
of
the
acts
listed
in
section
602.3203
or
has
24
made
a
false
statement
of
material
fact
on
the
application
for
25
certification.
26
Sec.
3.
Section
602.3203,
Code
2015,
is
amended
by
adding
27
the
following
new
subsection:
28
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
Noncompliance
with
section
602.3204.
29
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
602.3204
Transcript
integrity.
30
A
certified
shorthand
reporter
taking
a
deposition,
or
any
31
other
person
with
whom
the
certified
shorthand
reporter
has
a
32
principal-agent
or
employer-employee
relationship,
shall
not
33
enter
into
an
agreement
for
reporting
services
that
requires
34
the
certified
shorthand
reporter
to
relinquish
control
of
an
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original
deposition
transcript
and
copies
of
the
transcript
1
before
it
is
certified
and
delivered
to
the
custodial
attorney.
2
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
602.3205
Transcript
work
product.
3
A
certified
shorthand
reporter’s
audio
recordings
used
4
solely
for
the
purpose
of
providing
a
verbatim
written
5
transcript
of
a
court
proceeding
or
a
proceeding
conducted
in
6
anticipation
of
use
in
a
court
proceeding
shall
be
considered
7
the
personal
property
and
private
work
product
of
the
certified
8
shorthand
reporter.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
relates
to
the
certification
and
regulation
of
13
shorthand
reporters
(court
reporters).
14
Current
law
provides
that
a
shorthand
reporter
shall
15
not
engage
in
the
profession
of
shorthand
reporting
unless
16
the
person
is
certified.
The
bill
expands
the
criteria
for
17
obtaining
such
a
certification.
Under
the
bill,
the
board
18
of
examiners
of
shorthand
reporters
may
issue
a
certificate
19
to
a
person
of
good
moral
character
and
fitness
who
makes
20
application
on
a
form
prescribed
and
furnished
by
the
board
21
and
who
satisfies
the
education,
experience,
examination
22
requirements,
and
rules
prescribed
by
the
supreme
court.
The
23
bill
specifies
that
the
board
may
consider
the
applicant’s
24
past
record
of
any
felony
conviction
and
the
applicant’s
past
25
record
of
disciplinary
action
with
respect
to
certification.
26
The
bill
further
specifies
that
the
board
of
examiners
of
27
shorthand
reporters
may
deny
certification
if
the
board
finds
28
the
applicant
has
committed
any
of
the
acts
listed
in
Code
29
section
602.3203
or
has
made
a
false
statement
of
material
fact
30
on
the
application
for
certification.
31
The
bill
expands
the
conditions
under
which
the
board
of
32
examiners
of
shorthand
reporters
may
revoke
or
suspend
the
33
certification
of
a
shorthand
reporter
to
include
noncompliance
34
with
new
Code
section
602.3204
relating
to
transcript
integrity
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as
created
in
the
bill.
1
New
Code
section
602.3204
is
created
to
prohibit
a
shorthand
2
reporting
services
agreement
from
requiring
a
certified
3
shorthand
reporter
to
relinquish
control
of
an
original
4
deposition
transcript
and
copies
of
the
transcript
before
it
is
5
certified
and
delivered
to
the
custodial
attorney.
6
New
Code
section
602.3205
is
created
to
specify
that
a
7
shorthand
reporter’s
audio
recordings
used
solely
to
provide
8
a
written
transcript
of
a
court
proceeding
or
a
proceeding
9
conducted
in
anticipation
of
use
in
a
court
proceeding
are
10
considered
the
shorthand
reporter’s
personal
property
and
11
private
work
product.
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