Relating to representation by a local public defender of certain parties to an adoption

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2024
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2024
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 8, 2024
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   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

9(1)(b), a local public defender or designee shall represent in a subsequent adoption proceeding a party, including a nonindigent party, who files an adoption petition to adopt a child who was the subject of a termination of parental rights proceeding pursuant to Code chapter 232 (juvenile justice) in which the local public defender office was involved. This bill provides that a local public defender office or designee shall represent a party in an adoption proceeding, if requested by the party, including a nonindigent party whose family income does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level, who files an adoption petition to adopt a child who was the subject of a termination of parental rights proceeding pursuant to Code chapter 600A (termination of parent rights), whether or not the local public defender office was involved in the termination of parental rights proceeding.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Fiscal note

Cost: up to $833,000 Compare with other bills

House File 2459 is estimated to increase costs to the Office of the State Public Defender (SPD) by $833,000 per year. Figure 1 includes the breakdown of these expenses.

• Adoption, State Public Defender Representation · February 28, 2024

Nonpartisan cost estimates from the Legislative Services Agency’s Fiscal Services Division. The newest is first. Reading a fiscal note

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§13B.9

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