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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2514: Making children of child care workers in this state eligible for the state child care assistance program

Signed into law

What it does

14 (child care assistance —— graduated eligibility phase-out) if a parent, guardian, or custodian of the child is employed at a child care facility or child care home in this state that has an agreement with the department of health and human services (HHS) to accept reimbursement from the CCA program; works an average minimum of hours per week in a position with a primary duty of providing child care directly to children in this state; and meets several other requirements specified in the bill.

Sponsors

Health and Human Services committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

7 million. 8 million. Source Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Note Fiscal Services Division 2 /s/ Jennifer Acton May 20, 2026 Doc ID 1605474 The Fiscal Note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Iowa Code. Data used in deve…

Senate subcommittee · named March 3, 2026

  • Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Catelin Drey (D) · catelin.drey@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 16 for, 0 against

For: Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates; Common Good Iowa; Easterseals Iowa; Greater Des Moines Partnership; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Alliance of YMCA's; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Community Action Association; Iowa Head Start Association; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Professional Developers of Iowa (PDI); and 4 more

In plain words

  1. January 12, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee · as HSB 500
  2. January 12, 2026House subcommittee named: Weldon, Barker and Ehlert · as HSB 500
  3. January 21, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 500
  4. February 10, 2026Approved by the House committee · as HSB 500
  5. February 10, 2026Committee vote: 21–0 · as HSB 500
  6. February 16, 2026Filed in the House
  7. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2514 · as HSB 500
  8. February 20, 2026Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  9. February 23, 2026Passed the House, 86–3
  10. February 24, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  11. March 3, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Costello, Drey and Zumbach
  12. March 10, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  13. March 12, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
  14. March 30, 2026Passed the Senate, 46–0
  15. April 8, 2026Sent to the Governor
  16. April 9, 2026Signed into law
  17. May 20, 2026Cost 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/91/HF2514