Iowa HF 2255: A bill for an act relating to the request for redaction of personally identifiable information from electronic documents displayed for public access by county assessors and county recorders.

Bill Text

House
File
2255
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
2255

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2061)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
request
for
redaction
of
personally
1

identifiable
information
from
electronic
documents
displayed
2

for
public
access
by
county
assessors
and
county
recorders.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.604,
subsection
3,
paragraph
g,
1

subparagraph
(1),
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

(1)
Upon
request
by
a
peace
officer,
as
defined
in
section
3

801.4
,
civilian
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
agency,
or
state
4

or
federal
judicial
officer
or
state
or
federal
prosecutor,
5

United
States
senator,
representative
to
Congress,
statewide

6

elected
official,
or
member
of
the
general
assembly,
the
county
7

assessor
or
the
county
assessor’s
staff,
or
the
county
recorder
8

or
the
county
recorder’s
staff,
shall
redact
the
requestor’s
9

name
contained
in
electronic
documents
that
are
displayed
for
10

public
access
through
an
internet
site.
11

Sec.
2.
Section
331.604,
subsection
3,
paragraph
g,
12

subparagraph
(3),
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
striking
the
13

subparagraph.
14

Sec.
3.
SECRETARY
OF
STATE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
By
November
1,
15

2026,
the
secretary
of
state
shall
submit
recommendations
to
16

the
general
assembly
on
how
to
protect
information
containing
17

the
personal
residence
of
those
seeking
election
while
at
the
18

same
time
verifying
the
candidate’s
place
of
residence
for
the
19

purpose
of
meeting
any
applicable
residency
requirement.
20

EXPLANATION
21

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23

Under
current
law,
a
peace
officer,
a
civilian
employee
of
a
24

law
enforcement
agency,
a
state
or
federal
judicial
officer,
25

or
state
or
federal
prosecutor
may
request
their
name
be
26

redacted
from
documents
made
public
by
the
county
assessor
27

or
county
recorder.
This
bill
adds
United
States
senators,
28

representatives
to
Congress,
statewide
elected
officials,
and
29

members
of
the
general
assembly
to
this
list
of
people.
30

The
bill
requires
the
secretary
of
the
state
to
submit
31

recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
on
how
to
protect
32

information
containing
the
personal
residence
of
those
seeking
33

election
while
at
the
same
time
verifying
the
candidate’s
34

place
of
residences
for
the
purpose
of
meeting
any
applicable
35

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residency
requirement.
The
recommendations
are
to
be
submitted
1

before
November
1,
2026.
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