SF 239 — A bill for an act relating to proper parties in causes of actions following the death of persons entitled or liable to such causes of actions and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1009.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2021.

KSenate iFile m239 R- eEnrolled ySenate nFile o239 lAN dACT sRELATING OTO fPROPER fPARTIES iIN cCAUSES eOF oACTIONS fFOLLOWING tTHE hDEATH eOF GPERSONS oENTITLED vOR eLIABLE rTO nSUCH oCAUSES rOF AACTIONS dAND aINCLUDING mAPPLICABILITY GPROVISIONS. r e g g G O V E R N O R L T G O V E R N O R March 8,2021 The Honorable PaulPate Secretar}^ofStateofIowa StateCapitol Des Moines,Iowa 50319 Dear Mr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit:

SenateFile239,anActrelatingtoproperpartiesincausesofactionsfollowingthedeathofBE personsentitledorliabletosuchcausesofactionsandincludingapplicabilityprovisions.IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveSenateFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.

Sincerely, Kim Reynmds J Governor ofIowa cc;

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B E I T E N A C T E D B Y T H E G E N E R A L ASSEMBLY O F T H E S T A T E O F I O W A :

Section 611.22, Code 2021, is amended to read as ffollows: o l l o w s :

611.22 Actions by or against legal representatives ——— substitution.

If such an action by the deceased is allowed to be continued, then the court shall appoint a personal representative for the deceased as defined in section 633.3 or shall allow a successor under section 6633.356 3to 3continue .the action.

3 5 6 t o continue the a c t i o n .

This Act applies to actions that arise on or ai,terafter July 1, 2021.

J______________________________ A______________________________ KJAKE ECHAPMAN CPAT HGRASSLEY APresident Pof Mthe ASenate N P A T G R A S S L E Y P r e s i d e n t o f t h e S e n a t e Speaker of the HbuseHouse I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate PileFile 239, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.

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CCHARLES HSMITHSON A R L E S S M I T H S O N Secretary of the Senate Approved 2_______________, 02021 2______________________________ 1KIM KREYNOLDS IGovernor M -REYNOLD G o v e r n o r