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---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 248"
citation: "Iowa HF 248 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["adoptions", "domestic relations", "employee benefits", "health and human services department", "inspections", "appeals", "and licensing department", "labor and employment", "parents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca405837-5324-4e4b-90d8-41d28db3a647"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 248&ga=91"
source_hash: "958d17aac13fdade5d9a0a28901708f523b50e2e1ed84b483b0ad406761897d4"
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 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](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF248.html)
2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF248.html)
3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF248_GovLetter.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF248.html)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca405837-5324-4e4b-90d8-41d28db3a647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).