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Relating to orders for child support including requests for information regarding digital financial accounts, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Dean Fisher (R)
Topics:Courts & civil lawFamilies & human services
Same legislation: HF 2128
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 9, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Child support agencies can now request records from online accounts that hold or move money to help set or enforce support payments. If a parent or potential father ignores these requests without a good reason, they could face a felony charge. This charge can lead to up to five years in prison and significant fines.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to orders for child support. The bill defines “digital financial account” as an online account that stores, transfers, or receives moneys digitally. The bill allows child support services or a child support agency to subpoena records relating to digital financial accounts that are relevant to the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a support obligation. A parent or putative father who fails to comply with a subpoena, and who lacks good cause, is guilty of a class “D” felony. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245.
Fiscal note
Cost: up to $18,100 Compare with other bills
AI summary This bill allows child support agencies to subpoena records from digital financial accounts and makes it a Class D felony for a parent to fail to comply without good cause. The fiscal impact cannot be estimated because the number of new convictions is unknown. However, the average state cost of a Class D felony is between $13,000 and $18,100, which includes costs for the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the Department of Corrections.3
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Description
House File 2625 relates to orders for child support, including requests for information regarding digital financial accounts. The Bill grants child support agencies the authority to subpoena records from digital financial accounts when they are deemed relevant to establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation. The Bill provides that a parent or putative father who fails to comply with a subpoena for records concerning digital financial accounts, without good cause, commits a Class D felony.
Background
A digital financial account is defined as an online account that stores, transfers, or receives moneys digitally. Apart from any law making the information confidential, child support services or a child support agency may subpoena relevant account records in establishing, modifying, or enforcing a support obligation to include all of the following:
- Identifying information
- Transaction histories
- Deposits or withdrawal records
- Employment-related and contractor payments
- Other income
A Class D felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245.
Assumptions
- The following will not change over the projection period: charge, conviction, and sentencing patterns and trends; prisoner length of stay (LOS); revocation rates; plea bargaining; and other criminal justice system policies and practices.
- County jail data is unavailable. For purposes of this analysis, the marginal cost for county jails is assumed to be $50 per day.
- Conviction data reflects the total number of convictions in adult court, which may include multiple convictions per individual. Not all convictions lead to incarceration, and there may be a delay between conviction and prison admission, which can contribute to differences in totals.
- A six-month delay is assumed from the effective date of the Bill to the date the first offender will enter the correctional system.
- Offender-based convictions are a count of individuals convicted of the same offense. Each offender is counted only once per Iowa Code section, regardless of the number of individual convictions.
- Admissions are a count of individuals newly admitted to the Department of Corrections (DOC) for supervision during a selected time period, based on the most serious offense committed.
- A Class D felony is expected to cost an average of $746.51 in court personnel time.
Correctional Impact
The correctional impact cannot be determined because the number of new convictions under the Bill is unknown. Figure 1 shows estimates for sentencing to State prison, parole, probation, or Community-Based Corrections (CBC) residential facilities; LOS in months under those supervisions; and supervision marginal costs per day for a Class D felony. Figure 1 — Sentencing Estimates and Length of Stay (LOS) in Months
Conviction Offense Class
Percent
Ordered to
State
Prison
FY 2025 Avg
LOS in
Prison (All Releases)
Marginal
Cost Per
Day
Prison
Percent
Ordered to
Probation
FY 2025
Field Avg
LOS on
Probation
Avg Cost
Per Day
Probation
Marginal
Cost Per
Day CBC
Marginal
Cost Per
Day Jail
FY 2025
Field Avg
LOS on
Parole
Marginal
Cost Per
Day Parole
D Felony Non-Persons 84.2% 12.5 $23.07 69.4% 41.4 $8.00 $16.35 $50.00 15.5 $8.00 Refer to the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) memo addressed to the General Assembly, Cost Estimates Used for Correctional Impact Statements, dated January 12, 2026, for information related to the correctional system.
Minority Impact
House File 2625 creates a new criminal offense. As a result, the minority impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing data. Refer to the LSA memo addressed to the General Assembly, Minority Impact Statements, dated January 12, 2026, for information related to minorities in the criminal justice system.
Fiscal Impact
The fiscal impact cannot be estimated because the number of new convictions under the Bill is unknown. However, the average State cost of a Class D felony is between $13,000 and $18,100. This includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the DOC. The cost would be incurred across multiple fiscal years for prison and parole supervision.
Sources
- Department of Corrections
- Division of Data, Planning, and Improvement (DPI), Department of Management (DOM)
- Judicial Branch
- Child Support Proceedings, Subpoena Powers · March 4, 2026 · $18,100
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