H.F. 1048 DIVISION I 1 FY 2025-2026 APPROPRIATIONS 2 Section 1. JUDICIAL BRANCH. 3 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 4 to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 5 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the following amounts, or so 6 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 7 designated: 8 a. For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court 9 judges, district court judges, district associate judges, 10 associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, judicial 11 magistrates and staff, state court administrator, clerk of 12 the supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of 13 the district court, juvenile court officers, board of law 14 examiners, board of examiners of shorthand reporters, and 15 commission on judicial qualifications; receipt and disbursement 16 of child support payments; reimbursement of the auditor 17 of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of the 18 offices of the clerks of the district court during the fiscal 19 year beginning July 1, 2025; and maintenance, equipment, and 20 miscellaneous purposes: 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $202,691,378 22 b. For deposit in the revolving fund created pursuant to 23 section 602.1302, subsection 3, for jury and witness fees, 24 mileage, costs related to summoning jurors, costs and fees for 25 interpreters and translators, and reimbursement of attorney 26 fees paid by the state public defender: 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,600,000 28 c. For payment of expenses for court-ordered services 29 provided to juveniles who are under the supervision of juvenile 30 court services, which expenses are a charge upon the state 31 pursuant to section 232.141, subsection 4: 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,290,000 33 (1) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 34 no more than $1,556,000 is allocated to provide school-based 35 -1- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 1/ 9

H.F. 1048 supervision of children under chapter 232, of which no more 1 than $25,000 may be used for purposes of training. 2 (2) Notwithstanding section 232.141 or any other provision 3 of law to the contrary, the moneys appropriated in this 4 lettered paragraph shall be distributed to the judicial 5 districts as determined by the state court administrator. The 6 state court administrator shall make the determination of the 7 distribution amounts within thirty days of the date on which 8 the annual census data is released. 9 (3) Notwithstanding chapter 232 or any other provision of 10 law to the contrary, a district or juvenile court shall not 11 order any service which is a charge upon the state pursuant 12 to section 232.141 if there are insufficient court-ordered 13 services moneys available in the district court distribution 14 amounts to pay for the service. The chief juvenile court 15 officer shall encourage use of the moneys appropriated in this 16 lettered paragraph such that there are sufficient moneys to pay 17 for all court-ordered services during the entire fiscal year. 18 The chief juvenile court officer shall attempt to anticipate 19 potential surpluses and shortfalls in the distribution amounts 20 and shall cooperatively request the state court administrator 21 to transfer moneys between the judicial districts’ distribution 22 amounts as prudent. 23 (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 24 a district or juvenile court shall not order a county to pay 25 for any service provided to a juvenile pursuant to an order 26 entered under chapter 232 which is a charge upon the state 27 under section 232.141, subsection 4. 28 (5) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 29 no more than $83,000 may be used by the judicial branch 30 for administration of the requirements under this lettered 31 paragraph. 32 (6) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph, 33 an amount not to exceed the actual cost of the annual 34 membership fee is allocated to the judicial branch to support 35 -2- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 2/ 9

H.F. 1048 the interstate commission for juveniles in accordance with 1 the interstate compact for juveniles as provided in section 2 232.173. 3 (7) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 4 this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated 5 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall 6 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 7 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2028. 8 d. For juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services 9 pursuant to section 232.192: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,253,000 11 (1) Any state moneys saved as a result of efforts by 12 juvenile court services to earn a federal fund match pursuant 13 to Tit. IV-E of the federal Family First Prevention Services 14 Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-123, for juvenile court services 15 administration is appropriated to the judicial branch for 16 purposes of this lettered paragraph. 17 (2) Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 18 this lettered paragraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated 19 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall 20 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated 21 until the close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2028. 22 2. The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal 23 processing, shall use the current state budget system, the 24 state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting 25 system in administration of programs and payments for services, 26 and shall not duplicate the state payroll, accounting, and 27 budgeting systems. 28 3. The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial 29 statements to the legislative services agency and the 30 department of management containing all appropriated accounts 31 in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status 32 reports and personal services usage reports of the department 33 of administrative services. The monthly financial statements 34 shall include a comparison of the dollars and percentage 35 -3- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 3/ 9

H.F. 1048 spent of budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures on 1 a cumulative basis for full-time equivalent positions and 2 dollars. 3 4. The judicial branch shall focus efforts upon the 4 collection of delinquent fines, penalties, court costs, fees, 5 surcharges, or similar amounts. 6 5. It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices 7 of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties 8 and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably 9 possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens 10 of each county. An office of the clerk of the district court 11 shall be open regular courthouse hours. 12 6. In addition to the requirements for transfers under 13 section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the 14 appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial 15 branch in this Act, unless notice of the revisions is given to 16 the legislative services agency prior to the effective date. 17 The notice shall include information on the judicial branch’s 18 rationale for making the changes and details concerning the 19 workload and performance measures upon which the changes are 20 based. 21 7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update to 22 the legislative services agency and department of management 23 specifying the amounts of fines, surcharges, and court costs 24 collected using the Iowa court information system since the 25 last report. The judicial branch shall continue to facilitate 26 the sharing of vital sentencing and other information with 27 other state departments and governmental agencies involved in 28 the criminal justice system through the Iowa court information 29 system. 30 8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general 31 assembly and department of management by January 1, 2026, 32 concerning the amounts received and expended from the court 33 technology and modernization fund created in section 602.8108, 34 subsection 7, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, 35 -4- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 4/ 9

H.F. 1048 and ending June 30, 2025, and the plans for expenditures from 1 the fund during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and 2 ending June 30, 2026. 3 Sec. 2. CIVIL TRIALS —— LOCATION. Notwithstanding any 4 provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July 5 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, if all parties in a case 6 agree, a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a 7 county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even 8 if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial 9 district or judicial election district. If the trial is moved 10 pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat the case 11 as if a change of venue occurred. 12 Sec. 3. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. Notwithstanding section 13 602.1509, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and 14 ending June 30, 2026, a judicial officer may waive travel 15 reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s 16 county of residence to conduct official judicial business. 17 Sec. 4. JUDICIAL OFFICER —— UNPAID LEAVE. Notwithstanding 18 the annual salary rates for judicial officers established by 19 this division of this Act for the fiscal year beginning July 20 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the supreme court may by 21 order place all judicial officers on unpaid leave status on any 22 day employees of the judicial branch are placed on temporary 23 layoff status. The biweekly pay of the judicial officers shall 24 be reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid 25 leave date occurred in the same manner as for noncontract 26 employees of the judicial branch. Through the course of the 27 fiscal year, the judicial branch may use an amount equal to 28 the aggregate amount of salary reductions due to the judicial 29 officer unpaid leave days for any purpose other than for 30 judicial salaries. 31 Sec. 5. IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. It is the intent 32 of the general assembly that the judicial branch utilize 33 the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic 34 communications in lieu of traveling for the fiscal year 35 -5- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 5/ 9

H.F. 1048 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. 1 Sec. 6. SALARIES —— STATE COURT JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND 2 MAGISTRATES. 3 1. The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, effective for the pay 5 period beginning June 20, 2025, and for subsequent fiscal 6 years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The 7 salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from moneys 8 appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this division 9 of this Act or any other Act of the general assembly. 10 2. The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the 11 persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the 12 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, effective with the pay 13 period beginning June 20, 2025, and for subsequent pay periods: 14 a. Chief justice of the supreme court: 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 211,059 16 b. Each justice of the supreme court: 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 201,609 18 c. Chief judge of the court of appeals: 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 189,010 20 d. Each associate judge of the court of appeals: 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 182,709 22 e. Each chief judge of a judicial district: 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 176,409 24 f. Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial 25 district: 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 170,108 27 g. Each district associate judge: 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 151,208 29 h. Each associate juvenile judge: 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 151,208 31 i. Each associate probate judge: 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 151,208 33 j. Each judicial magistrate: 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 46,621 35 -6- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 6/ 9

H.F. 1048 k. Each senior judge: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,080 2 3. Persons receiving salary rates established under this 3 section shall not receive any additional salary adjustments 4 provided by this division of this Act or any other Act of the 5 general assembly. 6 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this division of 7 this Act enacting salaries for state court justices, judges, 8 and magistrates takes effect June 20, 2025. 9 DIVISION II 10 INTERPRETER OR TRANSLATOR FEES 11 Sec. 8. Section 602.1302, subsection 3, Code 2025, is 12 amended to read as follows: 13 3. A revolving fund is created in the state treasury for 14 the payment of jury and witness fees, mileage, costs related to 15 summoning jurors by the judicial branch, costs and fees related 16 to the management and payment of interpreters and translators 17 in judicial branch legal proceedings and court-ordered 18 programs, and attorney fees paid by the state public defender 19 for counsel appointed pursuant to section 600A.6A . The 20 judicial branch shall deposit any reimbursements to the state 21 for the payment of jury and witness fees , and mileage fees, 22 and interpreter or translator fees in the revolving fund. In 23 each calendar quarter the judicial branch shall reimburse 24 the state public defender for attorney fees paid pursuant to 25 section 600A.6B . Notwithstanding section 8.33 , unencumbered 26 and unobligated receipts in the revolving fund at the end of 27 a fiscal year do not revert to the general fund of the state. 28 The judicial branch shall on or before February 1 file a 29 financial accounting of the moneys in the revolving fund with 30 the legislative services agency. The accounting shall include 31 an estimate of disbursements from the revolving fund for the 32 remainder of the fiscal year and for the next fiscal year. 33 Sec. 9. Section 602.8107, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 34 2025, is amended to read as follows: 35 -7- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 7/ 9

H.F. 1048 b. The department of revenue shall receive fifteen percent 1 of each court debt payment collected on cases assigned to the 2 department of revenue for collection to reflect the cost of 3 processing and the remaining eighty-five percent of such court 4 debt collected shall be paid to the clerk of the district court 5 for distribution under section 602.8108 . The department of 6 revenue collection fee shall not include the amount of court 7 debt collected for restitution involving pecuniary damages, the 8 victim compensation fund, the crime services surcharge, the 9 domestic and sexual abuse crimes surcharge, the agricultural 10 theft surcharge, or the sex offender civil penalty , or 11 interpreter or translator fees . 12 Sec. 10. Section 602.8107, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 13 2025, is amended to read as follows: 14 a. This subsection does not apply to amounts collected 15 for restitution involving pecuniary damages, the victim 16 compensation fund, the crime services surcharge, the domestic 17 and sexual abuse crimes surcharge, the agricultural theft 18 surcharge, the sex offender civil penalty, interpreter or 19 translator fees, or under section 421.65 . 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill relates to and makes appropriations to the 24 judicial branch. 25 FY 2025-2026 APPROPRIATIONS. The bill appropriates moneys 26 from the general fund of the state for FY 2025-2026 to the 27 judicial branch for salaries, receipt and disbursement of 28 child support payments, reimbursement of the auditor of state, 29 maintenance, equipment, miscellaneous purposes, deposit in the 30 revolving fund created pursuant to Code section 602.1302(3) for 31 certain purposes, payment of court-ordered juvenile services, 32 and juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services. 33 The bill provides that a civil trial including a jury trial 34 may take place in a county contiguous to the county with proper 35 -8- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 8/ 9

H.F. 1048 jurisdiction, even if the contiguous county is located in an 1 adjacent judicial district or judicial election district, if 2 all the parties in a case agree. If a trial is moved to another 3 county that is located in another judicial district or judicial 4 election district, the judicial officers serving the judicial 5 district or judicial election district receiving the case shall 6 preside over the case. 7 The bill permits a judicial officer to waive travel 8 reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s 9 county of residence to conduct official business. 10 The bill allows a judicial officer to be placed on unpaid 11 leave on any day a court employee is required to furlough. 12 The bill provides that if a judicial officer is placed on 13 unpaid leave, the salary of the judicial officer shall be 14 reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid 15 leave occurred. The bill provides that the judicial branch 16 may use an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the salary 17 reductions due to judicial officer unpaid leave for any purpose 18 other than judicial salaries. 19 The bill states legislative intent that the judicial 20 branch utilize the Iowa communications network or other secure 21 electronic communications in lieu of traveling. 22 The bill sets forth salaries for justices, judges, and 23 magistrates. This provision takes effect June 20, 2025. 24 INTERPRETER OR TRANSLATOR FEES. The bill provides that the 25 judicial branch shall deposit any reimbursements to the state 26 for interpreter or translator fees in the revolving fund under 27 Code section 602.1302. The bill prohibits the department of 28 revenue court debt collection fee from including interpreter or 29 translator fees. The bill also prohibits the county attorney 30 from collecting court debt from interpreter or translator fees. 31 -9- LSB 1006HV (3) 91 cm/ns 9/ 9