Bills › 91st General Assembly

SF 445Died when the session ended · April 23, 2025

Relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee

Topics:State budget K–12 education Child care

Same legislation: HSB 145, SSB 1135, HF 623

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 25, 2025
Done: Passes the SenateApril 23, 202533–14
Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the House
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?

Amendments · 6

1 adopted · 4 failed · 1 never voted on. Newest first.

H-1297Strike everything · filed May 9, 2025 by
Replaces the whole bill with new text.
Amends this HF 623 to CONFORM to SF 445
Never voted on
S-3136 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)
Page 21, after line 19 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS FUND Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 237A.15 Child care solutions fund. (12 changes)
Failed
April 23, 2025
S-3135 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)
Page 19, line 28, by striking “CHILD CARE WORKFORCE ——” (7 changes)
Failed
April 23, 2025
S-3134 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)
By striking page 18, line 6, through page 19, line 26, and inserting: “Sec. ___. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— WORKING GROUP —— EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA AREAS. (5 changes)
Failed
April 23, 2025
S-3133 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Molly Donahue (D)
Page 2, line 9, by striking “paragraph h” and inserting “paragraphs f and h” (12 changes)
Failed
April 23, 2025
S-3132 · filed April 23, 2025 by Sen. Lynn Evans (R)
Page 1, after line 2 by inserting: “Section (15 changes)
Adopted
April 23, 2025