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Child care

17 bills in the 2026 session, newest first.

Who lobbies on these bills

Save the Children Action Network7 for · 4 against
Common Good Iowa7 for · 3 against
United Way of Central Iowa5 for · 3 against
Iowa Alliance of YMCA's6 for · 1 against
Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council6 for · 1 against
United Way Quad Cities6 for · 1 against
Easterseals Iowa6 for · 0 against
Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates3 for · 2 against
Iowa Head Start Association2 for · 3 against
Iowa State Association of Counties1 for · 4 against
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services4 for · 0 against
United Ways of Iowa4 for · 0 against

SF 2483 · Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; prior appropriations; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; child abuse prevention; creation of a comprehensive family support program; and repeal of expenditure projections for state child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsWithdrawnMay 2, 2026

HF 2712 · Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as HF 2795April 30, 2026

SF 2462 · Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 2488April 9, 2026

HF 2514 · Making children of child care workers in this state eligible for the state child care assistance programSigned by GovernorApril 9, 2026

SSB 3192 · Relating to and making appropriations to the department of veterans affairs and the department of health and human services, including aging and disability services, behavioral health, public health, and community access and eligibility; the medical assistance program, state supplementary assistance, Hawki, and other health-related programs; family well-being and protection; state-operated specialty care; administration and compliance; prior appropriations; child welfare and juvenile justice decategorization; commitment or hospitalization of certain persons with mental illness or substance abuse disorders; child abuse prevention; creation of a comprehensive family support program; and repeal of expenditure projections for state child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs; and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as SF 2483April 8, 2026

HSB 623 · Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as HF 2712February 24, 2026

SSB 3111 · Relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 2462February 19, 2026

SF 2345 · Relating to notice of immunization exemptions and providing civil penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 18, 2026

HSB 500 · Making children of child care workers eligible for the state child care assistance programRenumbered as HF 2514February 16, 2026

HF 2407 · Relating to civil remedies for deprivation of constitutional rights; immigration enforcement limitations in hospitals, licensed child care centers, and public institutions of higher education; and protections against civil arrest at courthouses; and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 11, 2026

HF 2221 · Modifying eligibility and participation requirements for the state child care assistance programDied when the session endedJanuary 30, 2026

HF 2107 · Appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for the statewide child care solutions fund programDied when the session endedJanuary 16, 2026

HF 2083 · Requiring the department of health and human services to pay for child care provided to a foster child participating in the state child care assistance program at the same rate as child care provided to a child with special needsDied when the session endedJanuary 15, 2026

HF 2054 · Relating to age requirements for an individual to provide child care without supervisionDied when the session endedJanuary 14, 2026

HF 2035 · Increasing the reimbursement rates child care providers receive through the state child care assistance programDied when the session endedJanuary 14, 2026

HF 2008 · Relating to state child care assistance payments to child care providers for days a child receiving foster care is absent from scheduled child careDied when the session endedJanuary 13, 2026

HF 2030 · Relating to state child care assistance paymentsDied when the session endedJanuary 13, 2026