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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2322: Relating to the awarding of joint physical care of children to parents awarded joint legal custody

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the awarding of joint physical care of children to parents awarded joint legal custody. The bill provides that if joint legal custody is awarded to both parents, a parent requests joint physical care, and both joint custodial parents agree to joint physical care, the court shall award joint physical care to both joint custodial parents unless the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that joint physical care is unreasonable and not in the best interest of the child.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 18, 2024

  • Rep. Bill Gustoff (R) · bill.gustoff@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Megan L. Srinivas (D) · megan.srinivas@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Charley Thomson (R) · charley.thomson@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 2 against

For: VALOR Iowa

Against: Heath kincel; IowaFathers

In plain words

  1. January 18, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee · as HSB 574
  2. January 18, 2024House subcommittee named: Gustoff, Srinivas, Thomson and C · as HSB 574
  3. January 23, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 574
  4. February 1, 2024Approved by the House committee · as HSB 574
  5. February 5, 2024Filed in the House
  6. February 5, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2322 · as HSB 574

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF2322