Bill Text: IA SF2162 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the address confidentiality program.(Formerly SSB 3037.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-31 - Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 187. [SF2162 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2162-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3037)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
address
confidentiality
program.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
9E.3,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
e
and
f,
1
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
The
residential
address
of
the
eligible
person,
3
disclosure
of
which
could
lead
to
an
increased
risk
of
domestic
4
abuse,
domestic
abuse
assault,
sexual
abuse,
assault,
stalking,
5
or
human
trafficking.
If
the
eligible
person’s
residential
6
address
is
a
shelter
known
to
the
program,
the
applicant
may
7
provide
the
shelter’s
name
and
other
contact
information
in
8
lieu
of
the
shelter’s
physical
address.
9
f.
If
mail
cannot
be
delivered
to
the
residential
address
of
10
the
eligible
person,
the
address
to
which
mail
can
be
sent
to
11
the
eligible
person.
If
the
eligible
person’s
mailing
address
12
is
a
shelter
known
to
the
program,
the
applicant
may
provide
13
the
shelter’s
name
and
other
contact
information
in
lieu
of
the
14
shelter’s
physical
address.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
9E.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
16
to
read
as
follows:
17
2.
The
secretary
shall
cancel
a
program
participant’s
18
certification
if
the
for
any
of
the
following
reasons:
19
a.
The
program
participant’s
application
contains
false
20
information.
21
b.
The
secretary
receives
information
from
a
reliable
source
22
that
the
program
participant
has
died.
23
Sec.
3.
Section
9E.5,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
24
to
read
as
follows:
25
3.
The
secretary
shall
forward
all
mail
sent
to
the
26
designated
address
to
the
program
participant.
At
the
request
27
of
the
program
participant,
the
secretary
may
hold
the
program
28
participant’s
mail
for
up
to
thirty
days.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
Under
current
law,
the
address
confidentiality
program
33
managed
by
the
secretary
of
state
provides
mail
forwarding
34
services
to
program
participants
who
include
victims
of
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domestic
abuse,
domestic
abuse
assault,
sexual
abuse,
assault,
1
stalking,
or
human
trafficking,
and
individuals
who
fear
2
for
their
own
safety
or
the
safety
of
a
household
member.
3
This
bill
allows
the
secretary
to
(1)
accept
as
an
eligible
4
person’s
residential
or
mailing
address
the
name
and
other
5
contact
information
of
a
shelter
at
which
the
eligible
person
6
resides
in
lieu
of
the
shelter’s
physical
address,
(2)
cancel
a
7
deceased
participant’s
certification
upon
receiving
reliable
8
information,
and
(3)
hold
a
participant’s
mail
for
up
to
30
9
days
at
the
request
of
the
participant.
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