IA HF 644

enacted

A bill for an act relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did IA HF 644 pass?

Yes. IA HF 644 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-11): Signed by Governor.

What is IA HF 644 about?

IA HF 644 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to the delegation of custodial rights and duties with respect to a child.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 644?

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES is the primary sponsor of IA HF 644.

Introduced: 2025-02-28
Latest action: 2025-06-11 — Signed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

child custody

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-11
Signed by Governor.
executive-signature
2025-05-19
Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
2025-04-28
Message from House.
2025-04-24
Immediate message.
2025-04-24
Passed House, yeas 89, nays 0.
passage
2025-04-24
House concurred in Senate amendment H-1269.
2025-04-22
Senate amendment H-1269 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-04-22
Message from Senate.
2025-04-22
Immediate message.
2025-04-22
Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0.
passage
2025-04-22
Amendment S-3058 adopted.
amendment-passage
2025-04-22
Amendment S-3037 withdrawn.
2025-04-22
Substituted for SF 554.
2025-04-03
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
2025-03-26
Amendment S-3058 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-20
Amendment S-3037 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-03-17
Read first time, attached to SF 554.
reading-1
2025-03-17
Message from House.
2025-03-17
Explanations of votes.
2025-03-13
Immediate message.
2025-03-13
Passed House, yeas 91, nays 4.
passage
2025-03-13
Amendment H-1068, yeas 31, nays 64, lost.
2025-03-12
Amendment H-1068 filed.
amendment-introduction
2025-02-28
Introduced, placed on calendar.
introduction

Versions

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Amendment H-1269Compare
Amendment S-3058Compare
Amendment S-3037Compare
Amendment H-1068Compare
IntroducedCompare
EnrolledCompare
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Documents

Votes

Shall amendment H-1068 be adopted?
2025-03-13 · fail · 31-64
Member-level votes (102)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Croken: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Judge: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Levin: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Olson: yes
- Scheetz: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Turek: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Andrews: no
- Barker: no
- Behn: no
- Bergan: no
- Blom: no
- Bloomingdale: no
- Boden: no
- Bossman: no
- Bradley: no
- Cisneros: no
- Collins: no
- Determann: no
- Dieken: no
- Dunwell: no
- Fett: no
- Fisher: no
- Gearhart: no
- Gehlbach: no
- Gerhold: no
- Golding: no
- Grassley: no
- Gustoff: no
- Harris: no
- Hayes: no
- Henderson: no
- Hermanson: no
- Holt: no
- Hora: no
- Ingels: no
- Jeneary: no
- Johnson, C.: no
- Kaufmann: no
- Kniff: no
- McCulla: no
- Latham: no
- Lawler: no
- Lohse: no
- Lundgren: no
- Meggers: no
- Meyer, A.: no
- Mohr: no
- Mommsen: no
- Moore: no
- Nordman: no
- Rinker: no
- Sexton: no
- Shipley: no
- Sieck: no
- Sitzmann: no
- Smith: no
- Sorensen: no
- Stone: no
- Thompson: no
- Thomson: no
- Vondran: no
- Weldon: no
- Wengryn: no
- Wheeler: no
- Williams: no
- Wilz: no
- Windschitl: no
- Wood: no
- Wulf: no
- Young: no
- Wills: no
- Gaines: absent
- Jones: absent
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Wichtendahl: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-03-13 · pass · 91-4
Member-level votes (102)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Andrews: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Collins: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Croken: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Judge: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Levin: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Olson: yes
- Rinker: yes
- Scheetz: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Sexton: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sieck: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Turek: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Wulf: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Wills: yes
- Cisneros: no
- Dieken: no
- Hayes: no
- Thomson: no
- Gaines: absent
- Jones: absent
- Open: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Wichtendahl: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-04-22 · pass · 46-0
Member-level votes (50)
- Alons: yes
- Bisignano: yes
- Blake: yes
- Bousselot: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Costello: yes
- Dawson De Witt: yes
- Dickey: yes
- Donahue: yes
- Dotzler: yes
- Driscoll: yes
- Evans: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Green: yes
- Gruenhagen: yes
- Guth: yes
- Klimesh: yes
- Knox: yes
- Koelker: yes
- Kraayenbrink: yes
- Lofgren: yes
- McClintock: yes
- Pike: yes
- Quirmbach: yes
- Reichman: yes
- Rowley: yes
- Rozenboom: yes
- Salmon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sinclair: yes
- Sires: yes
- Staed: yes
- Sweeney: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Townsend: yes
- Trone: yes
- Garriott: yes
- Wahls: yes
- Warme: yes
- Webster: yes
- Weiner: yes
- Westrich: yes
- Whitver: yes
- Winckler: yes
- Zimmer: yes
- Bennett: absent
- Celsi: absent
- Petersen: absent
- Zumbach: absent
Shall the bill pass?
2025-04-24 · pass · 89-0
Member-level votes (102)
- Amos: yes
- Jr.: yes
- Andrews: yes
- Baeth: yes
- Bagniewski: yes
- Barker: yes
- Behn: yes
- Bergan: yes
- Blom: yes
- Bloomingdale: yes
- Boden: yes
- Bossman: yes
- Brown-Powers: yes
- Collins: yes
- Cooling: yes
- Croken: yes
- Determann: yes
- Dunwell: yes
- Ehlert: yes
- Fett: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Gearhart: yes
- Gehlbach: yes
- Gerhold: yes
- Gjerde: yes
- Golding: yes
- Gosa: yes
- Grassley: yes
- Gustoff: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Henderson: yes
- Hermanson: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hora: yes
- Ingels: yes
- Jacoby: yes
- James: yes
- Jeneary: yes
- Johnson, C.: yes
- Johnson, R.: yes
- Jones: yes
- Judge: yes
- Kaufmann: yes
- Kniff: yes
- McCulla: yes
- Konfrst: yes
- Kressig: yes
- Kurth: yes
- Latham: yes
- Lawler: yes
- Levin: yes
- Lohse: yes
- Lundgren: yes
- Madison: yes
- Matson: yes
- McBurney: yes
- Meggers: yes
- Meyer, A.: yes
- Meyer, B.: yes
- Mohr: yes
- Mommsen: yes
- Moore: yes
- Nielsen: yes
- Nordman: yes
- Olson: yes
- Scholten: yes
- Shipley: yes
- Sitzmann: yes
- Smith: yes
- Sorensen: yes
- Srinivas: yes
- Stone: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Thomson: yes
- Turek: yes
- Vondran: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Weldon: yes
- Wengryn: yes
- Wessel-Kroeschell: yes
- Wichtendahl: yes
- Wilburn: yes
- Williams: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wilz: yes
- Windschitl: yes
- Wood: yes
- Young: yes
- Zabner: yes
- Wills: yes
- Bradley: absent
- Cisneros: absent
- Dieken: absent
- Gaines: absent
- Open: absent
- Rinker: absent
- Sexton: absent
- Sieck: absent
- Siegrist: absent
- Wheeler: absent
- Wulf: absent

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