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.(Formerly HF 2061 .)

House

File

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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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(1)

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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

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residency

requirement.

The

recommendations

are

to

be

submitted

1

before

November

1,

2026.

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