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House File 433 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to court reporters, including the reporting
of adoption hearings and uncertified shorthand reporter
appointments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 600.12, subsection 1, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
1. An adoption hearing shall be conducted informally
as a hearing in equity. The hearing shall be reported or
electronically recorded.
Sec. 2. Section 602.6603, subsection 4, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
4. If a regularly appointed court reporter becomes
disabled, or if a vacancy occurs in a regularly appointed
court reporter position, the judge may appoint a competent
uncertified shorthand reporter for a period of time of up to
six months one year, upon verification by the chief judge
that a diligent but unsuccessful search has been conducted to
appoint a certified shorthand reporter to the position and, in
a disability case, that the regularly appointed court reporter
is disabled. An uncertified shorthand reporter shall not be
reappointed to the position unless the reporter becomes a
certified shorthand reporter within the period of appointment
under this subsection.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
JAKE CHAPMANPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 433, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2021______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorcm/jh
of adoption hearings and uncertified shorthand reporter
appointments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 600.12, subsection 1, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
1. An adoption hearing shall be conducted informally
as a hearing in equity. The hearing shall be reported or
electronically recorded.
Sec. 2. Section 602.6603, subsection 4, Code 2021, is
amended to read as follows:
4. If a regularly appointed court reporter becomes
disabled, or if a vacancy occurs in a regularly appointed
court reporter position, the judge may appoint a competent
uncertified shorthand reporter for a period of time of up to
six months one year, upon verification by the chief judge
that a diligent but unsuccessful search has been conducted to
appoint a certified shorthand reporter to the position and, in
a disability case, that the regularly appointed court reporter
is disabled. An uncertified shorthand reporter shall not be
reappointed to the position unless the reporter becomes a
certified shorthand reporter within the period of appointment
under this subsection.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
JAKE CHAPMANPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 433, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2021______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorcm/jh