(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad today signed Senate File 2288 into law which makes juvenile records confidential unless a judge issues an order making them public. This law was outlined in the governor’s Condition of the State address earlier this year and follows a recommendation that was made by the Governor’s Working Group on Justice Policy Reform. Gov. Branstad signed the bill in the Capitol Rotunda and was joined by a many stakeholder groups from state government, local government, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and others.
Senate File 2288: an Act relating to the confidentiality of juvenile court records in delinquency proceedings.
The bill passed the Iowa Senate 48-0 on February 25, 2016 and the Iowa House 97-1 on March 1, 2016.
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