90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 2459: Relating to representation by a local public defender of certain parties to an adoption
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
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.
Sponsors
Judiciary committee
Cost
Cost: up to $833,000
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.
In plain words
- February 12, 2024Filed in the House
- February 28, 2024Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
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/90/HF2459