---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a postsecondary education subsidy for a child under a dissolution of marriage temporary order or final judgment or decree, and providing for application to existing orders, judgments, and decrees."
description: "A bill for an act prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a postsecondary education subsidy for a child under a dissolution of marriage temporary order or final judgment or decree, and providing for application to existing orders, judgments, and decrees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 513"
citation: "Iowa SF 513 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["colleges and universities", "courts", "dissolution of marriage", "domestic relations", "expenditures", "grants", "judgments and decrees", "tuition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37e16508-57f0-42a2-b09c-f95c4750c09a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 513&ga=91"
source_hash: "14576a31f63f69b93e2fe44f5c5f7dd85d9ac4d4c88d9f64368f0305f2cafb35"
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 SF 513 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a postsecondary education subsidy for a child under a dissolution of marriage temporary order or final judgment or decree, and providing for application to existing orders, judgments, and decrees.

## 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/91/attachments/SF513.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF513.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF513_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF513.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **85–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Passed Senate, yeas 43, nays 4. `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Immediate message.
- **2025-03-19** Message from Senate.
- **2025-03-19** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Subcommittee: Holt, Wessel-Kroeschell and Wheeler.
- **2025-03-27** Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:00AM House Lounge 2.
- **2025-04-01** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays. 0.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on calendar.
- **2025-04-10** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-21** Passed House, yeas 85, nays 6. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-22** Message from House.
- **2025-05-06** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-05-06** 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/37e16508-57f0-42a2-b09c-f95c4750c09a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).