Relating to indigent defense and the appointment of counsel by the court

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2025
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 13, 202591–5
5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 317 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 317 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to indigent defense and the appointment of counsel by the court. The bill provides that a noncontract attorney appointed by the court, without the consent of the attorney, who is accused of ineffective assistance of counsel shall be treated as a state employee under Code chapter 669 (state tort claims), including defense and indemnification under Code section 669.21, which provides that the state shall defend any employee, and shall indemnify and hold harmless an employee against any claim.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment H-1058; see Amendments. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named January 15, 2025. On January 27, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Rep. Brian K. Lohse REmail
• Rep. Rick L. Olson DEmail
• Rep. Mark I. Thompson REmail

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Fiscal note

3 million. Future settlement and judgment amounts involving ineffective assistance of counsel are unknown and the resulting fiscal impact to the General Fund cannot be determined.

• Court-Appointed Attorneys, Tort Claims · April 3, 2025

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§815.10

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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Similar bills

• HF 16 Relating to indigent defense and the appointment of counsel by the court
  91st General Assembly · In committee
  Nearly identical

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.