HF 2485: Relating to access to confidential records of the commission on judicial qualifications by standing committees of the general assembly

What it does

This bill relates to confidential records of the commission on judicial qualifications. The commission on judicial qualifications was created to hear charges made against judicial officers and employees of the judicial branch and determine whether to make an application to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer or remove a judicial branch employee. The records made to the commission are confidential unless the commission decides to apply to the supreme court to take action against the judicial officer or employee in which case the records become public documents.

Senate subcommittee · named March 14, 2022

• Sen. J. Taylor
• Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
• Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 6 against

Against: IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Justice Not Politics; League of Women Voters of Iowa; One Iowa; One Iowa Action

In plain words

1. February 18, 2022Filed in the House
2. March 9, 2022Passed the House, 57–39
3. March 9, 2022Arrived in the Senate
4. March 14, 2022Senate subcommittee named: J. Taylor, Boulton and Shipley
5. March 15, 2022Subcommittee recommended against it