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88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HF 2125: Establishing a child care future zones program and fund within the economic development authority to award financial assistance to eligible persons involved in child care

Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes a child care future zones program and fund within the economic development authority to award financial assistance to eligible persons involved in child care. “Child care future zone” is defined by the bill as any census tract in this state with more than children under the age of five that contain either no child care providers or so few child care providers that there are more than three times as many children under age five as there are spaces available at the existing child care providers.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 29, 2020

  • Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Stan Gustafson (R)
  • Rep. Dave Jacoby (D) · david.jacoby@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: Easter Seals Iowa; Iowa Alliance of YMCA's; Iowa Conference of United Methodist Church; United Way of Central Iowa; United Ways of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 27, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Economic Growth committee
  2. January 29, 2020House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Gustafson and Jacoby

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2125