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Child care

52 bills in the 91st General Assembly, newest first.

Who lobbies on these bills

Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council20 for · 6 against
Common Good Iowa12 for · 9 against
Save the Children Action Network10 for · 5 against
Iowa Alliance of YMCA's9 for · 3 against
Easterseals Iowa9 for · 0 against
United Way of Central Iowa5 for · 3 against
Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI)7 for · 0 against
Iowa Catholic Conference7 for · 0 against
United Way Quad Cities6 for · 1 against
Association of Early Childhood Iowa Area Boards and Advocates4 for · 2 against
Greater Des Moines Partnership6 for · 0 against
Iowa Chamber Alliance6 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

HF 299 · Relating to the provision of information relating to immunization exemptionsSigned by GovernorMay 27, 2025

HF 390 · Relating to physical examinations of personnel working in licensed or registered child care facilitiesSigned by GovernorMay 19, 2025

HF 1054 · Relating to matters under the purview of the Iowa economic development authority and the department of workforce development, including tax credit limits, the major economic growth attraction program, layoffs and facility closures, the brownfield redevelopment fund, and the Iowa economic emergency fund; creation of the business incentives for growth program, the seed investor tax credit program, the Iowa film production incentive program, the research and development tax credit program, and the sustainable aviation fuel production tax credit program; elimination of the high quality jobs program, the investments in qualifying businesses tax credit, employer child care tax credits, assistive device tax credits, endow Iowa tax credits, and research activities tax credits; and including effective date provisions and criminal penaltiesWithdrawnMay 14, 2025

HSB 305 · Relating to matters under the purview of the Iowa economic development authority, including tax credit limits, targeted jobs tax credits, and the major economic growth attraction program; creation of the business incentives for growth program, the seed investor tax credit program, the Iowa film production incentive program, the research and development tax credit program, and the sustainable aviation fuel production tax credit program; elimination of the high quality jobs program, the investments in qualifying businesses tax credit, employer child care tax credits, assistive device tax credits, endow Iowa tax credits, and research activities tax credits; and including effective date provisions and criminal penaltiesRenumbered as HF 1054May 13, 2025

SSB 1205 · Relating to matters under the purview of the Iowa economic development authority, including tax credit limits, targeted jobs tax credits, and the major economic growth attraction program; creation of the business incentives for growth program, the seed investor tax credit program, the Iowa film production incentive program, the research and development tax credit program, and the sustainable aviation fuel production tax credit program; elimination of the high quality jobs program, the investments in qualifying businesses tax credit, employer child care tax credits, assistive device tax credits, endow Iowa tax credits, and research activities tax credits; and including effective date provisions and criminal penaltiesRenumbered as SF 657May 12, 2025

SF 6 · Relating to the provision of information relating to immunization exemptionsWithdrawnApril 29, 2025

HF 991 · Placing assessment limitations for property tax purposes on commercial child care facilities, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisionsDied when the session endedApril 23, 2025

SF 445 · 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 provisionsDied when the session endedApril 23, 2025

SF 301 · Relating to county hospital operation of a child care facilityDied when the session endedApril 21, 2025

HSB 316 · Placing assessment limitations for property tax purposes on commercial child care facilities, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisionsRenumbered as HF 991April 7, 2025

HR 15 · Designating May 9, 2025, as Child Care Provider Appreciation DayNot adoptedMarch 27, 2025

HF 840 · Relating to county hospital operation of a child care facilityDied when the session endedMarch 7, 2025

HF 608 · Relating to county hospital operation of a child care facilityRenumbered as HF 840March 7, 2025

HF 661 · Relating to child care, including the child and dependent care tax credit, a child care workforce matching grant program, a small business child care tax credit, and state child care assistance, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 28, 2025

HF 623 · 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, and establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human servicesDied when the session endedFebruary 27, 2025

HSB 145 · 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, and establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human servicesRenumbered as HF 623February 27, 2025

SF 434 · Relating to the creation of a child care solutions fund, and making an appropriationDied when the session endedFebruary 25, 2025

SSB 1135 · 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, and establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human servicesRenumbered as SF 445February 25, 2025

SF 352 · Relating to state child care assistance program benefitsDied when the session endedFebruary 18, 2025

SF 353 · Relating to state child care assistance income eligibility requirements, and child care provider reimbursement ratesDied when the session endedFebruary 18, 2025

HF 412 · Relating to unhoused persons participating in the state child care assistance programDied when the session endedFebruary 13, 2025

HF 410 · Relating to state child care assistance program reimbursements to certain child care providersDied when the session endedFebruary 13, 2025

HF 411 · Relating to state child care assistance program copayments for unhoused personsDied when the session endedFebruary 13, 2025

HF 382 · Relating to child care center staff requirements for providing flex care to children up to five years of ageDied when the session endedFebruary 13, 2025

HSB 8 · Relating to child care center staff requirements for providing flex care to children up to five years of ageRenumbered as HF 382February 13, 2025

HSB 7 · Relating to physical examinations of personnel working in licensed or registered child care facilitiesRenumbered as HF 390February 13, 2025

HF 341 · Relating to state child care assistance paymentsDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 344 · Relating to state child care assistance reimbursement ratesDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 346 · Relating to state child care assistance for children of certain child care personnelDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 345 · Relating to state child care assistance family income eligibility requirementsDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 343 · Relating to the reimbursement of child care providers from the child care assistance programDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 342 · Relating to state child care assistance for children of certain child care personnelDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2025

HF 34 · Relating to the provision of information relating to immunization exemptionsRenumbered as HF 299February 10, 2025

HF 216 · Relating to professional liability insurance and child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under eighteen years of ageDied when the session endedFebruary 6, 2025

SF 122 · Relating to the eligibility of children of a minor parent for the state child care assistance programDied when the session endedJanuary 23, 2025