Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch
Topics:State budget
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 28, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 28, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMay 6, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateMay 13, 202534–14
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMay 14, 202586–1
- Done: To the GovernorMay 23, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawJune 11, 2025
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What’s in it
This bill relates to and makes appropriations to the judicial branch.1302(3) for certain purposes, payment of court-ordered juvenile services, juvenile delinquent graduated sanctions services, and the business court of Iowa. The bill provides that a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even if the contiguous county is located in an adjacent judicial district or judicial election district, if all the parties in a case agree.
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If a trial is moved to another county that is located in another judicial district or judicial election district, the judicial officers serving the judicial district or judicial election district receiving the case shall preside over the case. The bill permits a judicial officer to waive travel reimbursement for any travel outside the judicial officer’s county of residence to conduct official business. The bill allows a judicial officer to be placed on unpaid leave on any day a court employee is required to furlough. The bill provides that if a judicial officer is placed on unpaid leave, the salary of the judicial officer shall be reduced accordingly for the pay period in which the unpaid leave occurred. _____ may use an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the salary reductions due to judicial officer unpaid leave for any purpose other than judicial salaries. The bill states legislative intent that the judicial branch utilize the Iowa communications network or other secure electronic communications in lieu of traveling.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment S-3156; see Amendments. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
Senate subcommittee
Named April 28, 2025. On April 29, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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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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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2695 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch, and including effective date…90th General Assembly · Withdrawn · nearly identicalDidn’t advance
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SSB 1225 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
- HF 2769 Relating to and making appropriations to the judicial branch91st General Assembly · Signed by GovernorNearly 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.