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Relating to judicial branch administration, including judicial officer residency, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability
Proposed by the Judicial Branch · all agency proposals
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 26, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 26, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 6, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 27, 202587–6
- Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 23, 202548–0
- Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMay 19, 2025
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What’s in it
_____ including judicial officer residency, remote proceedings, court reporter supervision and duties, and civil pleadings availability. DIVISION I —— JUDICIAL OFFICER RESIDENCY. Under current law, a district judge must be a resident of the judicial election district in which appointed during the entire term of office. The bill expands this to include a county contiguous with the judicial election district of appointment. The bill also applies the new residency requirement to district associate judges, magistrates, full-time associate juvenile judges, and full-time associate probate judges.
Read the full explanation
The bill repeals a Code section relating to judge residency requirements for a 1984-1985 transition for judicial election districts 5A and 5C. DIVISION II —— MISCELLANEOUS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION. The bill authorizes court proceedings to be held by remote means of communication. The bill amends how court reporters are appointed and supervised. Under current law, a district judge may appoint a court reporter, and a district associate judge may appoint a court reporter subject to approval by the chief judge. A retired justice or judge, or a senior judge, may also appoint a temporary court reporter under current law. Under the bill, the chief judge of the judicial district or the chief judge’s designee has the authority to supervise, schedule, and assign duties of all court reporters in the judicial district. The bill allows a judge presiding over a reported proceeding to have authority to supervise the work of a court reporter while the court reporter is reporting in that matter. The bill provides that the chief judge may delegate the chief judge’s authority to appoint, supervise, and assign duties of court reporters to the district court administrator or the district court administrator’s designee. _____ or the chief judge’s designee. The bill allows the clerk of court to provide access to a civil pleading before a memorandum of the filing date of the pleading for the appearance docket is made.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment H-1135; see Amendments. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
House subcommittee
Named February 26, 2025. On March 4, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§602.1612§602.3201§602.6105§602.6201§602.6305§602.6404§602.6603§602.7103C§602.8102§602.9206§633.20C
Repeals§602.1111
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