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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2257: Relating to juvenile justice including juvenile delinquency, child in need of assistance and family in need of assistance proceedings, juvenile justice reform, and juvenile court expenses and costs, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to juvenile justice. DIVISION I —— JUVENILE JUSTICE —— CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. The bill revises the rules of construction for interpreting Code chapter 232 (juvenile justice) to specify that when a child is removed from the control of the child’s parents, a court must secure the least restrictive care for the child’s placement with a preference for placement with the child’s family or fictive kin. The bill includes revised definitions and new definitions for purposes of Code chapter 232.

Sponsors

Human Resources committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

25 full-time equivalent (FTE) position. 25 FTE position as this cost is not currently calculated into the agency’s budget and the agency does not anticipate being able to absorb the additional cost into its existing budget.

Lobbying · 11 for, 0 against

For: Blank Childrens Hospital; Coalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa; Ellipsis; Father Flanagans Boys Home; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Dept. of Human Services; Prevent Child Abuse Iowa; State Public Defender's Office; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

In plain words

  1. February 10, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 10, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 30, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. April 25, 2022Withdrawn

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/89/SF2257