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HF 367 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to family interactions during an ongoing child in need of assistance proceeding.

This bill modifies the rules for family visits between parents and children during ongoing child protection cases, directly affecting families and the courts involved. Under current law, these visits can be stopped if a court or the state's health and human services department finds them harmful to the child. The bill proposes that family visits must continue unless a court specifically finds substantial evidence that the interactions, supervised or unsupervised, would cause an imminent risk to the child’s life or health. This change raises the legal standard required to stop family visits and places the decision solely with the court.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled with Governor's Action → Reprinted · 1 edit
MINOR
The document was reformatted from a raw legislative text to a standard printed bill format, with no substantive policy changes. The content remains identical, maintaining the same legal requirements for family interactions during child assistance proceedings.
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Document formatting changed from raw text with line breaks to standard bill layout with page numbers, committee attribution, and official signatures.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2025 · House Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

46–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Apr 8, 2025
D Democratic16
13 Yea 1 Nay 2
81% Yea
R Republican33
33 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
0
Amendments
2
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 1.
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 91, nays 0.
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment H-1049 adopted.
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Amendment H-1049 filed.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.