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Bills › 88th General Assembly

HF 706Withdrawn · February 26, 2020

Relating to replacement of the term visitation with the term parenting time relative to time awarded to a parent

Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee

Topics:Courts & civil law

Same legislation: HF 583, HF 2366

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Also covers HF 583 and HF 2366.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 4, 2019
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 5, 2019
  3. Done: House committeeMarch 7, 2019
  4. Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 26, 2020
  5. Done: Senate committeeMarch 9, 2020
  6. Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill replaces the term “visitation” with the term “parenting time” relative to the rights awarded a parent to time with the parent’s child. The bill does not replace references to “visitation” in the context of sibling visitation or grandparent and great-grandparent visitation.

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House subcommittee

Named January 15, 2020. On January 23, 2020 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§232.102§232.103A§232.107§232.2§236.4§236.5§252A.20§252B.20A§252B.5§252B.9A§252D.25§252I.8§252J.9§252K.104§252K.305§598.10§598.15§598.21C§598.21D§598.23§598.41§598.41A§598.41B§598B.102§598B.209§598B.304§598B.305§598C.101§598C.102§598C.403§598C.501§600.11§600B.26§600B.40§600B.40A§600B.41A§710.6

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Lobbying

15 for · 3 against · 4 undecided · Who →

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88th General Assembly

HF 583Didn’t advanceHF 706Didn’t advanceHF 2366Passed a chamber

Picked up later

HF 199Passed a chamber89th GA

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