88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

HSB 195: HSB 195

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to oral language interpreters and translators for limited-English-proficient persons and sign language interpreters for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. The bill amends Code chapter 622A, which in the bill provides for oral language interpreters and translators for limited-English-proficient persons in legal proceedings and court-related activities. _____ The bill provides new definitions for limited English proficient, oral language interpreter, participant, and translator. The bill defines “participant” in Code chapter 622A as a party or witness in a legal proceeding; a child who is or may be the subject of a delinquency petition; a parent, guardian, or custodian, whose child is or may be the subject of a delinquency petition; or a person who is a guardian, conservator, or trustee in a probate case.

Cost

See the fiscal note

House File 671 is estimated to have several fiscal impacts, affecting the Indigent Defense Fund, Jury and Witness Fee Revolving Fund, and the General Fund. HF 671 – Cost Adjustments Beginning in FY 2020 Indigent Defense Fund and Jury and Witness Fee Fund House…

House subcommittee · named February 20, 2019

Rep. Stan Gustafson (R)
Rep. Dustin D. Hite (R)
Rep. Kristin Sunde (D)

Lobbying · 6 for, 1 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court

Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps

In plain words

February 20, 2019House subcommittee named: Gustafson, Hite and Sunde
February 25, 2019Subcommittee recommended passing it
March 5, 2019Approved by the House committee