A bill for an act establishing the state public defender’s pilot project to implement innovative models of child welfare legal representation as the project to preserve families.

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Overview Bill text 1 History 7 Sponsors

Feb 9, 2026 · Iowa General Assembly

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2356.

Jan 26, 2026 · House

Committee report, recommending passage.

Jan 26, 2026 · House

Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2.

Jan 22, 2026 · Iowa General Assembly

Subcommittee recommends passage.

Jan 20, 2026 · Iowa General Assembly

Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2026 8:45AM House Lounge.

Jan 15, 2026 · House

Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

Jan 15, 2026 · House

Subcommittee: Thomson, C., Watkins and Wessel-Kroeschell.

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 23%, measured from IA's completed sessions
Momentum -2 41/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 246 days quiet

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