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HF 2154Died when the session ended · January 26, 2026

Relating to the placement of siblings when custody of the siblings has been transferred to the department of health and human services or an agency for placement

Sponsored by Rep. Brett Barker (R)

Topics:Families & human services

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2026
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2026
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 When children are taken into state care, agencies are usually required to try to keep siblings together. This new law says agencies do not have to follow that rule if they find that the siblings have little to no relationship with each other. This change applies to children who were already placed in the system by the state.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the placement of siblings together when custody of the siblings has been transferred to the department of health and human services (HHS) or an agency for placement (placing agency). Under current law, HHS or a placing agency must make reasonable efforts to place siblings together whenever possible if such placement is in the best interests of each child. The bill makes the requirement to place siblings together inapplicable, and removes HHS’s requirement to place siblings together, when a child’s custody, or the child’s sibling’s custody, was previously transferred to HHS, HHS placed the child or the sibling, and HHS determined that the child and the sibling have little or no established relationship.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named January 26, 2026. Meeting: Wednesday, February 4 · 12:00 PM · House Lounge 2.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§232.108

How the Code works3

Lobbying

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