HF 2619: Creating the uniform family law arbitration Act

What it does

This bill creates the Iowa uniform family law arbitration Act. The bill provides definitions, including the terms “arbitrator”, “child custody dispute”, “child support dispute”, and “family law dispute”. The bill governs the arbitration in a family dispute but does not allow an arbitrator to grant a legal separation, a divorce, a dissolution of marriage, or an annulment; to terminate parental rights, to grant an adoption or a guardianship of a child or protected person; or to determine the status of dependency of a child or the support of a child.

Lobbying · 4 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association; Iowa Commission on Uniform State Laws c/o David S. Walker, Chair; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

1. February 19, 2026Filed in the House
2. March 10, 2026Passed the House, 93–0
3. March 10, 2026Arrived in the Senate
4. March 23, 2026Took the place of SF 2371 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
5. March 23, 2026Passed the Senate, 47–0
6. April 16, 2026Sent to the Governor
7. April 16, 2026Signed into law