HF 709 — A bill for an act relating to pretrial contact between a prosecuting witness who is a minor and the defendant. (Formerly HF 9.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.

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HouseFile709,anActrelatingtopretrialcontactbetweenaprosecutingwitnesswhoiBE saIT minorENACTED andBY theTHE defendant.GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveHouseFilei sherebyapprovedonthisdate.

Sincerely Kim ReyHQlds Governor of Iowa 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 A S S E M B L Y O F T H E S T A T E O F I O W A :

915.36A Minor prosecuting witness ——— pretrial contact.

The interview or deposition may be televised by closed-circuit equipment to a room where the defendant can view the interview or deposition or in a manner that ensures tthat h a t the ddefendant eshall f e n d a n t s h a l l not have ccontact o n t a c t with the mminor. i n o r .

TThe h e defendant shall be allowed to communicate with the defendant'sdefendant’s House File 709, p.

2 counsel in the room where the minor is being interviewed or deposed by an appropriat^^iectronicappropriate electronic method.

P______________________________ A______________________________ TPAT AGRASSLEY SJAKE SCHAPMAN I E Y J A K E C H A P M A N Speaker of^Heof the House PPresident rof ethe sSenate i d e n t o f t h e S e n a t e I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 709, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.

A______________________________ NMEGHAN NNELSON EChief LClerk Sof Othe NHouse Clerjt o f t h e H o u s e it— Approved 2_______________, 02021 2______________________________ 1 KIM HEYNOLQfSREYNOLDS GGovernor o v e r n o r