republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-2256.md

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Bill	A bill for an act exempting a parent’s or legal guardian’s inability to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for their child from the definition of child abuse.	A bill for an act exempting a parent’s or legal guardian’s inability to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for their child from the definition of child abuse.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 2256	Iowa HF 2256 (2025-2026)	bill	child assistance juvenile justice mental health substance use disorder	enacted		6	27	1	2026-01-30	2026-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/e36592f7-5e11-4e90-a4da-003fdabde026	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2256&ga=91	e35c9121572be5c54f853eaf7c9e9c1ab0520a5afcc848d661c30628117b61fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 2256 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act exempting a parent’s or legal guardian’s inability to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for their child from the definition of child abuse.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8299 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S-5120 (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
5. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-30 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2026-02-25 Fiscal note.
• 2026-02-26 Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0. passage
• 2026-02-26 Immediate message.
• 2026-03-02 Message from House.
• 2026-03-02 Read first time, referred to Health and Human Services. reading-1
• 2026-03-04 Subcommittee: Alons, Evans, and Petersen.
• 2026-03-04 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/09/2026 12:30PM Room 315.
• 2026-03-09 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Fiscal note.
• 2026-03-19 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. committee-passage
• 2026-03-19 Amendment S-5120 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-19 Placed on calendar.
• 2026-03-26 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2026-04-06 Amendment S-5120 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2026-04-06 Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. passage
• 2026-04-06 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-06 Message from Senate.
• 2026-04-06 Senate amendment H-8299 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-13 Fiscal note.
• 2026-04-13 House concurred in Senate amendment H-8299.
• 2026-04-13 Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0. passage
• 2026-05-02 Explanation of vote.
• 2026-04-13 Immediate message.
• 2026-04-14 Message from House.
• 2026-05-06 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-05-06 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e36592f7-5e11-4e90-a4da-003fdabde026. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).