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SSB 1191Died when the session ended · February 27, 2023

SSB 1191

Topics:Courts & civil law

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 27, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2023
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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

This bill relates to confidential records of the commission on judicial qualifications. _____ make an application to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer or remove a judicial branch employee. The records of the commission are confidential unless the commission decides to apply to the supreme court to take action against the judicial officer or employee, in which case the records become public documents. The bill provides that a member of the general assembly shall, upon request, have access to the commission on judicial qualifications’ records.

Read the full explanation

A member of the general assembly with access is required to keep the records confidential. A member of the general assembly that is party to an action shall not be allowed to request records relating to the judicial officer presiding over the action until the action is final and may not be appealed.

Full bill text1

Senate subcommittee

Named February 27, 2023. Meeting: Wednesday, March 1 · 1:00 PM · Room 315.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§602.2103

How the Code works2

Lobbying

0 for · 1 against · 4 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HSB 676 HSB 676
    89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2485 · very similar
    Cleared committee

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