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

HF 272: Relating to the treatment of adoptive parent employees and making penalties applicable

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

What it does

This bill requires an employer under Code chapter 91A to treat an employee who chooses to adopt a child up to six years of age in the same manner as an employee who is the biological parent of a newborn child for purposes of employment policies, benefits, and protections for the first year of the adoption. An employee shall not be entitled to disability leave without a qualifying disability under an employer’s disability policies.158, or by a person making an independent placement according to the provisions of Code chapter 600.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 26 for, 0 against

For: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; Blank Childrens Hospital; Common Good Iowa; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; IBEW Iowa State Conference; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; and 14 more

In plain words

  1. February 13, 2023Filed in the House
  2. February 22, 2023Passed the House, 95–0
  3. February 22, 2023Arrived in the Senate
  4. June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate Workforce committee

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/HF272