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

HF 2560: Relating to recordings of interviews during child abuse assessments and family assessments

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

The federal Generate Recordings of All Child protective Interviews Everywhere (GRACIE) Act established grants for states that meet certain requirements. This bill implements the requirements of the GRACIE Act by redefining “interview” for purposes of child abuse assessments and family assessments (assessments), and requiring each interview performed by the department of health and human services (HHS) during an assessment to be recorded by audio recording, body camera video, or other reasonable means of recording the interview.

Sponsors

Rep. Joshua Meggers (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 17, 2026

  • Rep. Charley Thomson (R) · charley.thomson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Judd Lawler (R) · judd.lawler@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Angel Ramirez (D) · angel.ramirez@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Street Grace

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 17, 2026House subcommittee named: Thomson, C., Lawler and Ramirez
  3. February 18, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it

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/HF2560