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House
File
839
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
839
BY
BROWN-POWERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
publication
of
candidates’
and
elected
1
officers’
home
addresses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
43.18,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
A
statement
that
the
candidate
is
aware
3
that
if
the
candidate
is
elected
to
the
general
assembly,
a
4
county
board
of
supervisors,
or
a
city
council,
the
candidate
5
may
request
the
candidate’s
home
address
be
excluded
from
6
official
publications
pursuant
to
section
70A.40.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
43.22,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
8
follows:
9
43.22
Nominations
certified
——
publication
of
home
address
10
prohibited
.
11
1.
The
state
commissioner
shall,
at
least
sixty-nine
12
days
before
a
primary
election,
or
as
soon
as
practicable
if
13
an
objection
under
section
43.24
is
pending,
furnish
to
the
14
commissioner
of
each
county
a
certificate
under
the
state
15
commissioner’s
hand
and
seal,
which
certificate
shall
show:
16
1.
a.
The
name
and
post
office
address
of
each
person
17
for
whom
a
nomination
paper
has
been
filed
in
the
state
18
commissioner’s
office,
and
for
whom
the
voters
of
said
county
19
have
the
right
to
vote
at
said
election.
20
2.
b.
The
office
for
which
such
person
is
a
candidate.
21
3.
c.
The
political
party
from
which
such
person
seeks
a
22
nomination.
23
2.
The
state
commissioner
shall
not
publish
the
home
24
address
of
a
candidate
in
any
associated
publicly
available
25
publication.
26
Sec.
3.
Section
43.67,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
27
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
28
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
j.
A
statement
that
the
candidate
is
aware
29
that
if
the
candidate
is
elected
to
the
general
assembly,
a
30
county
board
of
supervisors,
or
a
city
council,
the
candidate
31
may
request
the
candidate’s
home
address
be
excluded
from
32
official
publications
pursuant
to
section
70A.40.
33
Sec.
4.
Section
44.3,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
34
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
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NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
j.
A
statement
that
the
candidate
is
aware
1
that
if
the
candidate
is
elected
to
the
general
assembly,
a
2
county
board
of
supervisors,
or
a
city
council,
the
candidate
3
may
request
the
candidate’s
home
address
be
excluded
from
4
official
publications
pursuant
to
section
70A.40.
5
Sec.
5.
Section
45.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
6
following
new
subsection:
7
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
A
statement
that
the
candidate
is
aware
8
that
if
the
candidate
is
elected
to
the
general
assembly,
a
9
county
board
of
supervisors,
or
a
city
council,
the
candidate
10
may
request
the
candidate’s
home
address
be
excluded
from
11
official
publications
pursuant
to
section
70A.40.
12
Sec.
6.
Section
70A.40,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
13
following
new
subsection:
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
Upon
an
elective
public
officer’s
15
request,
the
governmental
entity
the
officer
serves
shall
16
exclude
the
officer’s
home
address
from
all
official
17
publications.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
provides
that
upon
the
request
of
a
member
of
22
the
general
assembly,
a
county
board
of
supervisors,
a
city
23
council,
or
a
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district,
the
24
governmental
entity
the
individual
serves
must
exclude
the
25
individual’s
home
address
from
official
publications.
26
The
bill
requires
that
an
affidavit
of
candidacy
for
a
27
partisan
nomination,
a
nomination
by
a
nonparty
political
28
organization,
or
a
nomination
by
petition
include
a
statement
29
that
the
candidate
is
aware
of
the
contents
of
Code
section
30
70A.40,
and
prohibits
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
from
31
publishing
the
home
address
of
a
candidate
in
any
publicly
32
available
publication
associated
with
the
certification
of
33
nominations.
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