SSB 1025 – Homeland Security Emergency Management receiving local exchange service information
SSB 1091 – Attorney fees in dissolution of marriage when defendant is in prison or jail
SSB 1113 – Interpreters for limited English-proficient persons and others in court proceedings
SSB 1163 – Privileged communications between peer support group counselors and officers
COMMITTEE ACTION:
SSB 1025, as amended in committee, requires the E911 service providers to provide to the director of the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management the address and telephone number of its subscribers served by the E911 system. This is for use in the Department’s mass notification and emergency messaging system. [2/17: short form]
SSB 1091, as amended in committee, provides that if a respondent in a dissolution of marriage case has been convicted of a crime against his or her spouse and is incarcerated for that crime, the spouse seeking the divorce is not required to pay attorney fees for the respondent. [2/17: short form]
SSB 1113, as amended in committee, ensures that all limited English-proficient, non-hearing or limited-hearing people are entitled to interpreters in legal and court-ordered proceedings, such as OWI classes, batterer education programs and parenting programs, without cost to the participant. This bill is intended to bring Iowa into compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [2/17: short form]
SSB 1163, as amended in committee, provides that communications between an officer and a peer support group counselor are privileged. The counselor cannot be compelled when giving testimony to disclose the communications. An officer can consent to disclosure of the information. In addition, if a peer support group counselor was an initial responder, witness or a party to the incident that required the counseling, the counselor can be compelled to testify. “Officer” is defined in the bill as any certified law enforcement officer, fire fighter, emergency medical technician, paramedic, corrections officer, detention officer, jailer, probation or parole officer, communications officer, dispatcher, emergency management coordinator, or other certified law enforcement officer. [2/17: short form]