HF 243 (LSB 1735YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 243

BY  WICHTENDAHL, CROKEN, R. JOHNSON, SRINIVAS, McBURNEY, AMOS JR., WILBURN, BROWN-POWERS, KURTH, MATSON, LEVIN, B. MEYER, KRESSIG, and BAGNIEWSKI

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to fees for attorneys appointed to provide indigent defense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 815.7, subsection 9, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  For appointments made on or after July 1, 2024 2025, the reasonable compensation shall be calculated on the basis of eighty-six one hundred twenty-six dollars per hour for class “A” felonies, eighty-one one hundred twenty-one dollars per hour for class “B” felonies, and seventy-six one hundred sixteen dollars per hour for all other cases.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to fees for attorneys appointed to provide indigent defense.
   The bill increases the rates paid to attorneys appointed by the court to represent an indigent person. For an attorney representing a defendant in a case involving a class “A” felony, the rate is increased from $86 per hour to $126 per hour. For attorneys representing a defendant in a case involving a class “B” felony, the rate is increased from $81 per hour to $121 per hour. All other cases are increased from $76 per hour to $116 per hour.