H.F. 2328 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. Section 607A.47, Code 2022, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 607A.47 Juror questionnaire. 7 The court may, on its own motion, or upon the motion of a 8 party to the case or upon the request of a juror, order the 9 sealing or partial sealing of a completed juror questionnaire, 10 if the court finds that it is necessary to protect the safety 11 or privacy of a juror or a family member of a juror The clerk 12 shall redact personally identifiable information in a juror 13 questionnaire prior to providing the juror questionnaire to a 14 member of the public upon a public records request, including 15 the juror’s name, spouse’s name, home street address, employer, 16 employer address, and phone number, as well as the names of any 17 other individuals in the questionnaire . 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill relates to confidential records protected by Code 22 chapter 22 (public records) and juror questionnaires. Under 23 current law, a completed juror questionnaire is not protected 24 unless the court orders the sealing or partial sealing of a 25 completed juror questionnaire. The bill makes a completed 26 juror questionnaire a confidential record and it can only be 27 released by an order from the court, a lawful custodian of the 28 records, or by another person duly authorized to release such 29 information. The bill provides any confidential information 30 contained within the juror questionnaire shall be redacted by 31 the clerk prior to being released to the public when a public 32 record request has been received. 33 -1- LSB 5546HV (2) 89 cm/jh 1/ 1