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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2282: Relating to spousal privilege and confidential communication between spouses

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the privilege of confidential communications between spouses in a case. Marital privilege allows communication that occurs between spouses to remain confidential and free from public exposure and protects spouses from being required to testify against one another in a civil or criminal case. The bill specifies three exceptions to the marital privilege: (1) threats against spouse or third party, (2) communications that have been disclosed to a third party, and (3) when one spouse is charged with an offense against the other. Current law does not provide exceptions. The bill makes conforming changes.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 24, 2022

  • Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
  • Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association

In plain words

  1. February 4, 2022Filed in the House
  2. February 23, 2022Passed the House, 97–0
  3. February 24, 2022Arrived in the Senate
  4. February 24, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Garrett, Boulton and Schultz

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2282