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

HF 842: Relating to the assessment of fees when a public defender or designee requests copies of certain documents

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 assessment of fees when a public defender or designee requests copies of certain documents. The bill provides that a written request for a discovery document by a public defender or public defender’s designee shall be provided at no more than $10 per document request unless otherwise ordered by the court. A request for multiple discovery documents made at the same time is considered to be a single request. Digital discovery documents shall be provided in a format that is generally accessible to the public. However, no fee will be charged if the discovery document requested is available on a cloud-based system or if the discovery document is available for downloading by an individual from an existing system such as a state, county, or city internet site.

Sponsors

Ways and Means (successor To Hf 57) committee

Cost

Savings: up to $84,000

Senate File 593 is estimated to result in a cost savings of $84,000 per year to the Indigent Defense Fund beginning in FY 2022. Table 1 provides the annual estimated costs to the Indigent Defense Fund under this Bill and current law.

Senate subcommittee · named January 19, 2022

  • Sen. Tim Goodwin (R)
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 3 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Iowa Association for Justice

Against: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa State Sheriffs' & Deputies' Association

In plain words

  1. March 17, 2021Filed in the House
  2. March 22, 2021Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. March 25, 2021Passed the House
  4. June 22, 2021Sent to the Senate Ways and Means committee
  5. January 19, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Goodwin, Petersen and Sinclair
  6. April 6, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it

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/HF842