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Iowa 2025-2026

SF 473

A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-11 04:11:03 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Iowa
Session
2025-2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
adoptions, attorney general, children, foster care, gender, health and human services department, parents, religion, sexual orientation
Introduced / first action
2025-02-27 00:00:00

Sponsors

  • COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  2. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.

  3. Message from Senate.

  4. Immediate message.

  5. Passed Senate, yeas 28, nays 16.

    passage

  6. Senate concurred with S-5200.

  7. Message from House, with amendment S-5200.

  8. Immediate message.

  9. Passed House, yeas 58, nays 34.

    passage

  10. Amendment H-8353 adopted.

    amendment-passage

  11. Motion to suspend rules failed.

  12. Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-8320, yeas 39, nays 53.

  13. Point of order raised on amendment H-8320, ruled not germane.

  14. Amendment H-8370 withdrawn.

  15. Amendment H-8370 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  16. Amendment H-8353 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  17. Amendment H-8320 filed.

    amendment-introduction

  18. Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  19. Placed on calendar.

  20. Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.

  21. Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  22. Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2026 8:15AM House Lounge.

  24. Subcommittee: Williams, Dunwell and Wessel-Kroeschell.

  25. Rereferred to Judiciary.

  26. Placed on calendar under unfinished business.

  27. Placed on calendar.

  28. Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 6. Excused, 1.

  29. Committee report, recommending passage.

    committee-passage

  30. Subcommittee recommends passage.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 7:30AM RM 102.

  32. Subcommittee reassigned: Williams, Holt and Wessel-Kroeschell.

  33. Subcommittee: Wheeler, Holt and Wessel-Kroeschell.

  34. Read first time, referred to Judiciary.

    reading-1

  35. Message from Senate.

  36. Immediate message.

  37. Passed Senate, yeas 35, nays 14.

    passage

  38. Amendment S-3047 filed, adopted.

    amendment-introduction, amendment-passage

  39. Committee report, approving bill.

    committee-passage

  40. Introduced, placed on calendar.

    introduction

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