HF 2427 (LSB 6058YH (6) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2427

BY  WATKINS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the request for redaction of personally identifiable information from electronic documents displayed for public access by county assessors and county recorders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.604, subsection 3, paragraph g, subparagraph (1), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Upon request by a peace officer, as defined in section 801.4, civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, or state or federal judicial officer or state or federal prosecutor, United States senator, representative in Congress, statewide elected official, member of the general assembly, or local partisan elected official, the county assessor or the county assessor’s staff, or the county recorder or the county recorder’s staff, shall redact the requestor’s name contained in electronic documents that are displayed for public access through an internet site.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.604, subsection 3, paragraph g, subparagraph (3), Code 2026, is amended by striking the subparagraph.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, a peace officer, a civilian employee of a law enforcement agency, a state or federal judicial officer, or a state or federal prosecutor may request their name be redacted from documents made public by the county assessor or county recorder. This bill adds United States senators, representatives in Congress, statewide elected officials, members of the general assembly, and local partisan elected officials to this list of people.