republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2025-2026/sf-542.md

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Bill	A bill for an act relating to the suspension of child support and medical support in certain circumstances.	A bill for an act relating to the suspension of child support and medical support in certain circumstances.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2025-2026	SF 542	Iowa SF 542 (2025-2026)	bill	child custody child support courts disposition domestic relations emergency management juvenile courts medical support	enacted		7	29	1	2025-03-06	2026-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a7b28a87-34a1-46f3-87ca-b20eb873a922	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 542&ga=91	60239fb687196392708c31a12b914d3abf181ac52941ec03fa755bd33090037e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 542 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to the suspension of child support and medical support in certain circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment S-3035 (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled with Governor's Action (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprinted (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprinted Marked Up (committee substitute) — source
6. Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF) (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the bill pass? — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-06 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2025-03-06 Committee report, approving bill. committee-passage
• 2025-03-19 Amendment S-3035 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-25 Amendment S-3035 adopted. amendment-passage
• 2025-03-25 Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. passage
• 2025-03-25 Immediate message.
• 2025-03-25 Message from Senate.
• 2025-03-25 Read first time, referred to Judiciary. reading-1
• 2025-03-28 Subcommittee: Gustoff, Meyer, B. and Watkins.
• 2025-03-31 Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:00AM RM 304.1.
• 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.
• 2025-05-15 Rereferred to Judiciary.
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee: Gustoff, Bagniewski and Holt.
• 2026-03-10 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/11/2026 8:15AM RM 304.
• 2026-03-11 Subcommittee recommends passage. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Committee report, recommending passage. committee-passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.
• 2026-03-19 Placed on calendar.
• 2026-03-26 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 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.
• 2026-05-05 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2026-05-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7b28a87-34a1-46f3-87ca-b20eb873a922. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).