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

SF 2329: Relating to evidence, including spousal privilege and confidential communications between spouses, and the admissibility of evidence in a prosecution for physical abuse or a sexual offense upon or against a child, person with an intellectual disability, person with a cognitive impairment, or person with a developmental disability

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 evidence, including spousal privilege and confidential communications between spouses, and the admissibility of evidence in a prosecution for physical abuse or a sexual offense upon or against a child, person with an intellectual disability, person with a cognitive impairment, or person with a developmental disability. Current law relating to 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.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

The fiscal impact to the Office of the State Public Defender cannot be determined at this time due to a lack of data. However, there will likely be an impact to indigent defense costs, which are paid from the Indigent Defense Fund. The Indigent Defense Fund is…

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Prevent Child Abuse Iowa; Soaring Hearts

In plain words

  1. February 17, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 17, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 21, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. March 8, 2022Withdrawn

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/SF2329