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IA HF 953

died on adjournment

A bill for an act relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, foster care.

Iowa · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IA HF 953 pass?

No. IA HF 953 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Explanation of vote.

What is IA HF 953 about?

IA HF 953 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “A bill for an act relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, foster care.”.

Who sponsors IA HF 953?

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY is the primary sponsor of IA HF 953.

Introduced
2025-03-12
Latest action
2025-04-22 — Explanation of vote.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARYprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-22

    Explanation of vote.

  2. 2025-04-03

    Tabled until future meeting.

  3. 2025-04-02

    Subcommittee Meeting: 04/03/2025 8:30AM Senate Lounge.

  4. 2025-03-31

    Subcommittee: Salmon, Guth, and Zimmer.

  5. 2025-03-27

    Read first time, referred to Health and Human Services.

    reading-1

  6. 2025-03-27

    Message from House.

  7. 2025-03-26

    Immediate message.

  8. 2025-03-26

    Passed House, yeas 94, nays 2.

    passage

  9. 2025-03-12

    Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Shall the bill pass?

    2025-03-26 · pass · 94-2

    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
    • Cisneros: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Cooling: yes
    • Croken: yes
    • Determann: yes
    • Dieken: yes
    • Dunwell: yes
    • Ehlert: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Gearhart: yes
    • Gehlbach: yes
    • Gerhold: 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
    • Rinker: yes
    • Scheetz: yes
    • Sexton: yes
    • Shipley: yes
    • Sieck: 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
    • Wheeler: yes
    • Wichtendahl: yes
    • Wilburn: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Windschitl: yes
    • Wood: yes
    • Wulf: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Zabner: yes
    • Wills: yes
    • Gjerde: no
    • Scholten: no
    • Fett: absent
    • Gaines: absent
    • Siegrist: absent
    • Wilz: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 953&ga=91

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