HF2427 • 2026

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.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: WATKINS
Last action: 2026-02-18
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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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.

What This Bill Does

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.

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Bill History

2026-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2026 12:00PM RM 305.
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Watkins, Ramirez and Stone. H.J. 310 .
2026-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 274 .

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2427

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2427

BY

WATKINS

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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2427

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

in

Congress,

statewide

6

elected

official,

member

of

the

general

assembly,

or

local

7

partisan

elected

official,

the

county

assessor

or

the

county

8

assessor’s

staff,

or

the

county

recorder

or

the

county

9

recorder’s

staff,

shall

redact

the

requestor’s

name

contained

10

in

electronic

documents

that

are

displayed

for

public

access

11

through

an

internet

site.

12

Sec.

2.

Section

331.604,

subsection

3,

paragraph

g,

13

subparagraph

(3),

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

striking

the

14

subparagraph.

15

EXPLANATION

16

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

17

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

18

Under

current

law,

a

peace

officer,

a

civilian

employee

of

a

19

law

enforcement

agency,

a

state

or

federal

judicial

officer,

20

or

a

state

or

federal

prosecutor

may

request

their

name

be

21

redacted

from

documents

made

public

by

the

county

assessor

22

or

county

recorder.

This

bill

adds

United

States

senators,

23

representatives

in

Congress,

statewide

elected

officials,

24

members

of

the

general

assembly,

and

local

partisan

elected

25

officials

to

this

list

of

people.

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