91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 667: Creating the uniform family law arbitration Act
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
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.
Sponsors
Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R)
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Commission on Uniform State Laws c/o David S. Walker, Chair; Iowa State Bar Association
In plain words
- February 28, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
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/HF667