House File 2004 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2004 BY HITE A BILL FOR An Act relating to confidential records and juror 1 questionnaires. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5546YH (2) 89 cm/jh

H.F. 2004 Section 1. Section 22.7, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 75. Juror questionnaires provided by the 3 judicial branch and completed for the purpose of jury service. 4 Sec. 2. REPEAL. Section 607A.47, Code 2022, is repealed. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill relates to confidential records protected by Code 9 chapter 22 (public records) and juror questionnaires. Under 10 current law, a completed juror questionnaire is not protected 11 unless the court orders the sealing or partial sealing of a 12 completed juror questionnaire. The bill makes a completed 13 juror questionnaire a confidential record and it can only be 14 released by an order from the court, a lawful custodian of the 15 records, or by another person duly authorized to release such 16 information. 17 -1- LSB 5546YH (2) 89 cm/jh 1/ 1