HF 817 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to the distribution of child support owed to a decedent by affidavit.

This bill allows heirs or successors of a deceased person (decedent) to claim unpaid child support payments held by Iowa's child support agency using a new affidavit form. It applies specifically to decedents with very small estates (valued at $50,000 or less), expanding an existing small estate procedure to include undistributed child support owed to the decedent. The key provision requires child support services to create and provide this standardized form, enabling successors to access the funds without full probate. The bill does not change the eligibility for the small estate process but streamlines how child support held by the agency can be distributed.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Mar 16, 2026
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Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Feb 20, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2660.
legislature
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 4, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/09/2026 12:30PM House Lounge 2.
legislature
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Gustoff, Lawler and Wessel-Kroeschell.
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Bubba Sorensen
Bubba Sorensen
RRepublican
IA
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