Amendment S-3100 to SF 525
Relating to criminal law including the disclosure of a defendant’s privileged records, no-contact orders, commencement limitations for certain sexual offenses, sexually predatory offenses, victim rights, discovery, postconviction relief actions, criminal appeals, and pretrial bond amounts for certain felonies
Adopted · March 22, 2023
Filed March 22, 2023 in the Senate by Sen. Dan Dawson (R)
What it changes
- Page 1, line 7, by striking “only”
- Page 1, line 9, by striking “merely impeaching or”
- Page 3, lines 13 and 14, by striking “are presumptively reliable and”
- Page 3, by striking line 20 and inserting “any Iowa criminal law.”
- By striking page 3, line 30, through page 4, line 3, and inserting: “(b) The child has been questioned by the defendant or the defendant’s attorney at a deposition or any substantially similar setting and any of the following apply: (i) The child is unavailable as a witness as provided in rule of evidence 5.804(a). (ii) The court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the child would suffer significant emotional or psychological trauma from testifying in the personal presence of the defendant at the time of the criminal proceeding.”