89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 2246: Relating to remote testimony in civil and criminal court proceedings
Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill authorizes the use of remote testimony in civil trials, noncontested criminal proceedings, and contested criminal proceedings in certain circumstances. Under current law, all testimony needs to be taken in open court, except for depositions.2d 740 (Iowa 2001). The bill is also, in part, a response to the supreme court of Iowa’s decision in State v.2d 495 (Iowa 2014), where the court held that remote testimony of a witness in a criminal proceeding would violate the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.
Sponsors
Judiciary committee
Cost
See the fiscal note
Many noncontested judicial proceedings will be conducted remotely under SF 2246. 0% of the noncontested judicial proceedings that it is a party to are conducted remotely. This cost savings is composed of savings to the Office of the State Public Defender opera…
In plain words
- February 9, 2022Filed in the Senate
- February 9, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
- February 21, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
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/SF2246