republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/hf-248.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable.	A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	HF 248	Iowa HF 248 (2025-2026)	bill	adoptions domestic relations employee benefits health and human services department inspections appeals and licensing department labor and employment parents	enacted		4	17	2	2025-02-06	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/ca405837-5324-4e4b-90d8-41d28db3a647	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 248&ga=91	958d17aac13fdade5d9a0a28901708f523b50e2e1ed84b483b0ad406761897d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa HF 248 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
3. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 87–0 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-10 Passed House, yeas 87, nays 0. passage
• 2025-03-18 Explanation of vote.
• 2025-03-10 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-10 Message from House.
• 2025-03-10 Read first time, referred to Workforce. reading-1
• 2025-03-14 Subcommittee: Alons, Donahue, and Lofgren.
• 2025-03-18 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/19/2025 8:30AM Senate Lounge.
• 2025-03-19 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2025-04-02 Placed on calendar.
• 2025-04-10 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2025-04-21 Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. passage
• 2025-04-21 Immediate message.
• 2025-04-21 Message from Senate.
• 2025-05-19 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
• 2025-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca405837-5324-4e4b-90d8-41d28db3a647. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).