Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 29 R cosponsors

HF 965 — A bill for an act relating to the adoption tax credit available against the individual income tax, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

Last action — Withdrawn.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 29 sponsors

    29 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (29 R).

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Withdrawn.

  2. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 1026.

  3. Committee vote: Yeas, 24. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.

  4. Committee report, recommending passage.

  5. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  6. Subcommittee Meeting: 04/09/2025 8:45AM House Lounge 2.

  7. Subcommittee: Boden, Judge and Wills, J.

  8. Introduced, referred to Ways and Means.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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29 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (29)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

taxation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HF 965?
HF 965 is sponsored by Carter F. Nordman (Republican), Brett Barker (Republican), Bob Henderson (Republican), Steven C. Holt (Republican), Craig P. Johnson (Republican), Jon Dunwell (Republican), David E. Young (Republican), Megan Jones (Republican), Ryan Weldon (Republican), Jennifer J. Smith (Republican), Michael R. Bergan (Republican), Brian K. Lohse (Republican), Jacob Bossman (Republican), Bill Gustoff (Republican), Cindy Golding (Republican), Ann Meyer (Republican), Heather Hora (Republican), Chad Ingels (Republican), Devon Wood (Republican), Joshua Meggers (Republican), Mike Vondran (Republican), Brooke Boden (Republican), Hans C. Wilz (Republican), Matthew Rinker (Republican), Taylor R. Collins (Republican), Derek Wulf (Republican), Eddie Andrews (Republican), Pat Grassley (Republican), and Barb Kniff McCulla (Republican).
What is the current status of HF 965?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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