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Relating to statutes of limitations tolled by the Iowa supreme court, and including retroactive applicability provisions
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 23, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This law makes official the temporary rules set by the Iowa Supreme Court during the COVID-19 pandemic. It extends the deadlines for starting certain lawsuits and criminal cases if they were supposed to happen between March 17, 2020, and December 31, 2020. These changes apply to cases even if they occurred in the past.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to statutes of limitations tolled by the Iowa supreme court. The bill codifies Iowa supreme court emergency orders which tolled the statute of limitations for commencing civil and criminal actions in the district court. The limitation periods are extended by 76 days for actions that would have otherwise expired between March 17, 2020, and December 31, 2020. The bill is repealed July 1, 2032, and applies retroactively to March 17, 2020.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 23, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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