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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SSB 3013: SSB 3013

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 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 six exceptions to the marital privilege: (1) threats against spouse or third party, (2) communications that have been disclosed to a third party, (3) communications criminal in nature, (4) communications between spouses that are separated, (5) communications that have no relation to their mutual trust and confidence as spouses, and (6) other communications that the court determines were not intended to be confidential.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 12, 2022

  • Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Attorney General Dept. of Justice; Iowa County Attorneys Association; Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance; Soaring Hearts

In plain words

  1. January 12, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. January 12, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Garrett, Petersen and Shipley

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SSB3013