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House
File
915
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
915
BY
BAGNIEWSKI
and
LOHSE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
privileged
communications
between
spouses.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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915
Section
1.
Section
622.9,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
1
the
section
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
2
622.9
Privileged
communications
between
spouses.
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Subject
to
sections
232.74
and
726.4,
and
any
other
4
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary:
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1.
A
spouse
shall
not
be
required
to
be
examined
in
any
case
6
as
to
any
communication
made
by
one
spouse
to
the
other
while
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married.
8
2.
After
the
marriage
relation
ceases,
a
former
spouse
shall
9
not
be
required
to
reveal
in
testimony
any
communication
made
10
during
the
marriage.
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3.
If
subpoenaed,
a
person
may
assert
spousal
privilege
and
12
refuse
to
reveal
any
information
relating
to
a
communication
13
between
the
person
and
another
person
made
while
the
person
and
14
the
other
person
were
married.
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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
This
bill
relates
to
privileged
communications
between
19
spouses.
20
Under
current
law,
a
person
cannot
be
examined
in
any
case
as
21
to
any
communication
made
between
the
person
and
the
person’s
22
spouse
while
the
person
was
married
to
the
spouse.
After
23
the
marriage
relation
ends,
neither
spouse
is
permitted
to
24
reveal
in
testimony
any
communication
between
the
spouses
made
25
while
they
were
married.
Subject
to
certain
provisions
of
law
26
to
the
contrary
relating
to
a
child’s
injuries
and
criminal
27
prosecutions
related
to
neglect,
abandonment,
nonsupport,
28
and
child
endangerment,
the
bill
permits
a
spouse
or
former
29
spouse
to
be
examined
in
such
cases,
but
maintains
that
the
30
spouse
or
former
spouse
cannot
be
required
to
be
examined.
If
31
subpoenaed,
a
person
may
assert
spousal
privilege
and
refuse
to
32
reveal
any
information
relating
to
a
communication
between
the
33
person
and
another
person
made
while
the
person
and
the
other
34
person
were
married.
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