Coalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa
Registered on 85 bills since the 88th General Assembly.
39
supported · 22 became law (56%)2
opposed · 0 became law anyway (0%)44
undecided2
lobbyistsWhat it paid lobbyists
- July 2025 – June 2026$36,000Tom Cope, Jon Murphy $36,000 · filed July 20, 2026
- July 2024 – June 2025$36,000Tom Cope $36,000 · Jon Murphy · filed July 22, 2025
- July 2023 – June 2024$36,000Tom Cope $36,000 · Jon Murphy · filed July 20, 2024
- July 2022 – June 2023$36,000Tom Cope $36,000 · Jon Murphy · filed July 16, 2023
- July 2021 – June 2022$36,000Tom Cope $36,000 · Jon Murphy · filed July 22, 2022
- July 2020 – June 2021$36,000Tom Cope $36,000 · Jon Murphy · filed July 30, 2021
- July 2019 – June 2020$36,000Cope Murphy + Co. LLP $36,000 · Tom Cope · Jon Murphy · filed July 21, 2020
- July 2018 – June 2019$32,400Felter & Heller, Attorneys $14,400 · Paula Feltner · Mike Heller · Cope Murphy + Co. $18,000 · Tom Cope · Jon Murphy · filed July 22, 2019
From client reports filed with the Legislature each July. Every organization →
Bills, newest first
- HF 2518 Relating to the department of health and human services and reporting requirements for shelter care,…For91st GA · declared February 25, 2026 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2304 Relating to indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability provisionsAgainst91st GA · declared February 24, 2026 · Died when the session ended
- SF 2386 Relating to indirect costs charged to state-funded grants, and including applicability provisionsAgainst91st GA · declared February 24, 2026 · Died when the session ended
- HF 2220 Relating to mental health care, including subacute mental health care facility requirements; admissi…Undecided91st GA · declared February 5, 2026 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 621 Relating to reporting requirements for the department of health and human services for shelter care,…Undecided91st GA · declared February 5, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2518
- HF 2094 Directing the department of health and human services to increase the number of inpatient psychiatri…Undecided91st GA · declared January 26, 2026 · Renumbered as HF 2292
- HSB 590 Requiring the department of health and human services to pay for the costs of a child’s placement in…For91st GA · declared January 21, 2026 · Died when the session ended
- HSB 505 Relating to training requirements for the licensure of individual child foster care providersFor91st GA · declared January 14, 2026 · Became law (new number)
- HF 953 Relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, foster careFor91st GA · declared April 3, 2025 · Died when the session ended
- HF 833 Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behaviora…For91st GA · declared March 27, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- SF 474 Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behaviora…For91st GA · declared March 27, 2025 · Signed by Governor
- HSB 153 Relating to services and support for youth, including treatment, physical assessments, and behaviora…Undecided91st GA · declared February 18, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 146 Relating to child placements, including the prioritization of certain persons for child placement an…Undecided91st GA · declared February 17, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HF 373 Relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, foster careFor91st GA · declared February 14, 2025 · Renumbered as HF 953
- SSB 1008 Relating to family interactions during an ongoing child in need of assistance proceedingUndecided91st GA · declared February 5, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- SF 174 Relating to the placement of a child who is the subject of a pending delinquency petition in a super…For91st GA · declared February 5, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 40 Relating to family interactions during an ongoing child in need of assistance proceedingUndecided91st GA · declared January 27, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 39 Relating to the placement of a child who is the subject of a pending delinquency petition in a super…For91st GA · declared January 21, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 1007 Relating to the placement of a child who is the subject of a pending delinquency petition in a super…For91st GA · declared January 21, 2025 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2658 Relating to state child care assistance program reimbursement rates and eligibility for the children…For90th GA · declared April 2, 2024 · Signed by Governor
- HF 2673 Related to state behavioral health, disability, and addictive disorder services and related programs…For90th GA · declared April 1, 2024 · Signed by Governor
- HF 2242 Relating to aid, processes, services, and support staff for children in, adopted from, or in need of…For90th GA · declared March 19, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2671
- HSB 726 HSB 726Undecided90th GA · declared February 29, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2655
- HF 2509 Relating to the transition of behavioral health services from a mental health and disability service…Undecided90th GA · declared February 22, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- SF 2354 Relating to the transition of behavioral health services from a mental health and disability service…Undecided90th GA · declared February 22, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2209 Relating to legal representation for children who are placed in, or may be placed in, foster careFor90th GA · declared February 8, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2580
- HSB 625 HSB 625For90th GA · declared January 30, 2024 · Became law (new number)
- SF 285 Relating to juvenile justice delinquency prevention programs and services, and including effective d…Undecided90th GA · declared January 12, 2024 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3007 SSB 3007For90th GA · declared January 11, 2024 · Renumbered as SF 2344
- HSB 513 HSB 513For90th GA · declared January 10, 2024 · Renumbered as HF 2134
- SF 561 Relating to appropriations for veterans and health and human services and including other related pr…For90th GA · declared May 3, 2023 · Signed by Governor
- HF 504 Relating to prohibitions against a person acting as a provider or as an employee, contractor, or sub…Undecided90th GA · declared March 2, 2023 · Renumbered as HF 633
- SF 212 Prohibiting discrimination against adoption and foster care providers, or adoptive and foster parent…Undecided90th GA · declared February 23, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1105 SSB 1105Undecided90th GA · declared February 15, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 140 HSB 140Undecided90th GA · declared February 9, 2023 · Renumbered as HF 476
- SSB 1119 SSB 1119Undecided90th GA · declared February 7, 2023 · Renumbered as SF 285
- HF 101 Relating to the inclusion of the telephone and text numbers for the your life Iowa program on public…For90th GA · declared February 1, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 18 HSB 18For90th GA · declared January 25, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- SF 77 Relating to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and juvenile pre-charge diversion programsFor90th GA · declared January 25, 2023 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1015 SSB 1015For90th GA · declared January 25, 2023 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2533 Relating to adding functional family therapy and multisystemic therapy for youth as covered services…For89th GA · declared March 7, 2022 · Renumbered as HF 2554
- HF 2310 Relating to adding functional family therapy and multisystemic therapy for youth as covered services…For89th GA · declared February 16, 2022 · Renumbered as HF 2533
- HSB 653 HSB 653For89th GA · declared February 14, 2022 · Became law (new number)
- SF 2257 Relating to juvenile justice including juvenile delinquency, child in need of assistance and family …For89th GA · declared February 14, 2022 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2252 Relating to programs and services under the purview of the department of human services including ch…For89th GA · declared February 12, 2022 · Signed by Governor
- SF 2171 Relating to programs and services under the purview of the department of human services including ch…For89th GA · declared February 12, 2022 · Became law (new number)
- SF 2214 Establishing a therapeutic foster care services study committeeFor89th GA · declared February 11, 2022 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3102 SSB 3102Undecided89th GA · declared February 8, 2022 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 624 HSB 624Undecided89th GA · declared February 3, 2022 · Became law (new number)
- SF 2067 Relating to the reimbursement of providers under the Medicaid programFor89th GA · declared January 31, 2022 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3077 SSB 3077Undecided89th GA · declared January 31, 2022 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 1253 SSB 1253Undecided89th GA · declared March 25, 2021 · Renumbered as SF 587
- HF 294 Relating to reimbursement rates for health care services for mental health conditions, illnesses, in…For89th GA · declared March 15, 2021 · Died when the session ended
- SF 501 Providing for a study committee to determine best practices for the placement of juveniles in foster…Undecided89th GA · declared March 2, 2021 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1124 SSB 1124For89th GA · declared February 3, 2021 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1109 SSB 1109Undecided89th GA · declared January 28, 2021 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 38 HSB 38Undecided89th GA · declared January 19, 2021 · Died when the session ended
- HSB 57 HSB 57For89th GA · declared January 15, 2021 · Renumbered as HF 359
- HSB 612 HSB 612For88th GA · declared February 12, 2020 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2219 Relating to the responsibilities of a guardian ad litem for a minor childUndecided88th GA · declared February 4, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- HSB 534 HSB 534For88th GA · declared January 28, 2020 · Became law (new number)
- SSB 3058 SSB 3058For88th GA · declared January 28, 2020 · Became law (new number)
- HF 2120 Relating to protocols and school employee training relating to suicide prevention and the identifica…For88th GA · declared January 28, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SF 2018 Relating to the payment of attorney fees relative to a termination of parental rights actionUndecided88th GA · declared January 27, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3006 SSB 3006Undecided88th GA · declared January 27, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3038 SSB 3038Undecided88th GA · declared January 27, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3039 SSB 3039Undecided88th GA · declared January 27, 2020 · Became law (new number)
- SF 420 Relating to processes and assistance under the Medicaid programUndecided88th GA · declared January 21, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 3020 SSB 3020Undecided88th GA · declared January 21, 2020 · Died when the session ended
- HSB 254 HSB 254Undecided88th GA · declared April 9, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- HF 597 Requesting the establishment of an interim study committee relating to the impact of state assistanc…Undecided88th GA · declared March 20, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- HF 644 Relating to juvenile justice, including provisions relating to child foster care and parent visitati…For88th GA · declared March 20, 2019 · Signed by Governor
- SF 477 Relating to juvenile justice, including provisions relating to child foster care and parent visitati…For88th GA · declared March 20, 2019 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 246 HSB 246Undecided88th GA · declared March 15, 2019 · Became law (new number)
- SF 479 Relating to mental health and disability services, including the establishment of a children’s behav…Undecided88th GA · declared March 15, 2019 · Became law (new number)
- SF 421 Providing for the reinstatement of parental rights of a former parent under certain circumstancesUndecided88th GA · declared March 6, 2019 · Renumbered as SF 545
- HF 445 Relating to education funding weighting for children living in certain facilities and including effe…Undecided88th GA · declared March 5, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1209 SSB 1209Undecided88th GA · declared February 28, 2019 · Became law (new number)
- HSB 184 HSB 184Undecided88th GA · declared February 22, 2019 · Became law (new number)
- HF 134 Creating a foster care children and adopted children bill of rights and entitlementsUndecided88th GA · declared January 30, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- HF 3 Relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention and including effective d…Undecided88th GA · declared January 30, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- HF 52 Relating to the treatment of certain incidents of human trafficking as child abuse and to mandatory …Undecided88th GA · declared January 30, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- SF 18 Relating to the elimination of the certificate of need process relating to the development of a new …Undecided88th GA · declared January 30, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- SF 85 Establishing an interim study committee relating to child welfareUndecided88th GA · declared January 30, 2019 · Died when the session ended
- SSB 1016 SSB 1016Undecided88th GA · declared January 30, 2019 · Died when the session ended