---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act concerning judicial branch administration, including mental health advocates, access to and confidentiality of juror information, remote testimony, and access to criminal history records."
description: "A bill for an act concerning judicial branch administration, including mental health advocates, access to and confidentiality of juror information, remote testimony, and access to criminal history records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 2247"
citation: "Iowa HF 2247 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["courts", "criminal history", "judicial branch", "juries", "mental health", "witnesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e28c8604-7580-4795-8286-04cb97d62f07"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2247&ga=90"
source_hash: "7469f3329f0142fee5e39d9f52686a50f6a83770d59c6febd7063b8e55d5694d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
---

# Iowa HF 2247 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act concerning judicial branch administration, including mental health advocates, access to and confidentiality of juror information, remote testimony, and access to criminal history records.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF2247.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2247_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2247.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-31** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2024-03-18** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Immediate message.
- **2024-03-18** Message from House.
- **2024-03-18** Read first time, attached to SF 2345. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-18** Substituted for SF 2345.
- **2024-03-18** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Immediate message.
- **2024-03-19** Message from Senate.
- **2024-04-23** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e28c8604-7580-4795-8286-04cb97d62f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).