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88th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2488: Establishing a child care workforce state matching grants program and fund administered by the early childhood Iowa state board to award matching state grants to eligible communities and making an appropriation

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 24, 2020

  • Rep. Cecil Dolecheck (R)
  • Rep. David Kerr (R)
  • Rep. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 11 for, 0 against

For: Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; Common Good Iowa; Easter Seals Iowa; Greater Des Moines Partnership; Iowa Alliance of YMCA's; Iowa Business Council; Iowa Community Action Association; Iowa Head Start Association; Iowa Women's Foundation; United Way of Central Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 21, 2020Filed in the House and sent to the Appropriations committee
  2. February 24, 2020House subcommittee named: Dolecheck, Kerr and Winckler
  3. February 26, 2020Subcommittee recommended passing it
  4. March 3, 2020Approved by the House committee
  5. March 9, 2020Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF2488