90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
SF 89: Relating to confidential mail sent by an inmate’s attorney to an inmate committed to the custody of the department of corrections
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 it does
This bill relates to confidential mail sent by an attorney to an inmate committed to the custody of the department of corrections. The bill directs the department of corrections to amend its administrative rules concerning confidential mail sent by an attorney to an inmate in the custody of the director of the department of corrections, if the inmate is represented by the attorney, to provide that any correspondence from the attorney shall not contain any correspondence or material from an individual other than from the inmate’s attorney.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 23, 2023
- Sen. Jeff Reichman (R) · jeff.reichman@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against
Against: Iowa Association for Justice
In plain words
- January 18, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
- January 23, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Reichman, Quirmbach and Rowley
- February 2, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it
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/90/SF89