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Relating to parent, legal guardian, and legal custodian attendance in court-ordered classes due to the actions of the parent’s, legal guardian’s, or legal custodian’s child, and providing penalties
Sponsored by Rep. Megan Jones (R)
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2026
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to parent, legal guardian, and legal custodian attendance in school and court-ordered classes due to the actions of the parent’s, legal guardian’s, or legal custodian’s child. The bill requires a child’s parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian (parent) to attend a class with the child if the child was ordered by a juvenile court to attend the class as a part of the child’s juvenile delinquency dispositional order. If a child has been adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act three or more times, the juvenile court shall require the child’s parent to attend a parental responsibility class.
Read the full explanation
A parent failing to attend a class as ordered by a juvenile court commits a public offense. A first offense is a simple misdemeanor punishable by confinement for up to days or a fine of up to $100; a second offense is a serious misdemeanor punishable by confinement for up to days, a fine of up to $500, or both; and a third or subsequent offense is a serious misdemeanor punishable by confinement for up to days, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. A court may order the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian to perform unpaid community service instead of a fine or confinement for any offense. A parent that submits an affidavit showing the parent has made a good-faith effort to comply with the bill shall not be criminally liable under the bill upon court approval of the affidavit. Court-ordered attendance does not apply to a parent who does not have physical care of the parent’s child, and does not apply to a legal guardian or a legal custodian who is not an individual.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§232.52B
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