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HF 623 — A bill for an act 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 services.
Last action — Rereferred to Health and Human Services.
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1Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced February 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.
Prognosis
Stalled
10% · moderate confidence
Where this bill stands today.
Odds of enactment
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Introduced
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Mixed recorded votes
3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Amendments
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Action History
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Rereferred to Health and Human Services.
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Amendment H-1297 filed.
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Fiscal note.
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Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
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Introduced, placed on calendar.
Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 44 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (149)
149 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 149 →"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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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Failed
39 Yea
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54 Nay
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7 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 5 | 43 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 40 | 56 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 39% | 54% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (103)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Jr. | — | Yea |
| Buck | — | Yea |
| Cahill | — | Yea |
| Forbes | — | Yea |
| Isenhart | — | Yea |
| Scheetz | — | Yea |
| Steckman | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Nay |
| Carlson | — | Nay |
| Deyoe | — | Nay |
| Fry | — | Nay |
| Graber | — | Nay |
| Gustafson | — | Nay |
| Kniff | — | Nay |
| Osmundson | — | Nay |
| Sexton | — | Nay |
| Sherman | — | Nay |
| Stoltenberg | — | Nay |
| Speaker | — | Nay |
| Abdul-Samad | — | Not Voting |
| Thompson, P. | — | Nay |
| Adam Zabner | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Yea |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Yea |
| Austin Baeth | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Yea |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Yea |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Yea |
| Dr. Megan L. Srinivas | Democrat | Yea |
| Elinor A. Levin | Democrat | Yea |
| Elizabeth Wilson | Democrat | Yea |
| Eric J. Gjerde | Democrat | Yea |
| Heather Matson | Democrat | Yea |
| J.D. Scholten | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeff Cooling | Democrat | Yea |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Yea |
| Jerome Amos Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Josh Turek | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ken Croken | Democrat | Yea |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Yea |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Lee Madison | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Yea |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ross Wilburn | Democrat | Yea |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Yea |
| Sean Bagniewski | Democrat | Yea |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Nay |
| Austin Harris | Republican | Nay |
| Barb Kniff McCulla | Republican | Nay |
| Bill Gustoff | Republican | Nay |
| Bob Henderson | Republican | Nay |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Nay |
| Brent Siegrist | Republican | Not Voting |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Yea |
| Brooke Boden | Republican | Nay |
| Carter F. Nordman | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Ingels | Republican | Yea |
| Charley Thomson | Republican | Nay |
| Cindy Golding | Republican | Nay |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Dan Gehlbach | Republican | Nay |
| David E. Young | Republican | Nay |
| David Sieck | Republican | Nay |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Nay |
| Derek Wulf | Republican | Nay |
| Devon Wood | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dr. Steven P. Bradley | Republican | Nay |
| Eddie Andrews | Republican | Nay |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Nay |
| Hans C. Wilz | Republican | Nay |
| Heather Hora | Republican | Nay |
| Helena Hayes | Republican | Nay |
| Henry Stone | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Nay |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Nay |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Nay |
| Jon Dunwell | Republican | Nay |
| Joshua Meggers | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Cisneros | Republican | Nay |
| Mark I. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew Rinker | Republican | Nay |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Vondran | Republican | Nay |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Not Voting |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Nay |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Latham | Republican | Nay |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Not Voting |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Nay |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Nay |
| Taylor R. Collins | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Nay |
| Tom Determann | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tom Shipley | Republican | Nay |
| Zach Dieken | Republican | Nay |
Passed
91 Yea
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2 Nay
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7 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 92 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 2% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (101)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul-Samad | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Bacon | — | Yea |
| Baxter | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Yea |
| Bohannan | — | Yea |
| Breckenridge | — | Yea |
| Brink | — | Yea |
| Bush | — | Yea |
| Cahill | — | Yea |
| Cohoon | — | Yea |
| Deyoe | — | Yea |
| Dolecheck | — | Yea |
| Forbes | — | Yea |
| Fry | — | Yea |
| Gobble | — | Yea |
| Graber | — | Yea |
| Gustafson | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Hansen | — | Yea |
| Hein | — | Yea |
| Hite | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Isenhart | — | Yea |
| Jacobsen | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Klein | — | Yea |
| Landon | — | Yea |
| Mascher | — | Yea |
| Maxwell | — | Yea |
| McConkey | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Oldson | — | Yea |
| Paustian | — | Yea |
| Prichard | — | Yea |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Yea |
| Sexton | — | Yea |
| Steckman | — | Yea |
| Sunde | — | Yea |
| Thede | — | Yea |
| Wolfe | — | Yea |
| Worthan | — | Yea |
| Speaker | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Nay |
| Osmundson | — | Not Voting |
| Thorup | — | Not Voting |
| Thompson, P. | — | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Yea |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Yea |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Not Voting |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Yea |
| Eric J. Gjerde | Democrat | Yea |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Yea |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Yea |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Yea |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Yea |
| Molly Donahue | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Yea |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ross Wilburn | Democrat | Yea |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Siegrist | Republican | Yea |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Yea |
| Brooke Boden | Republican | Yea |
| Carter F. Nordman | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Ingels | Republican | Yea |
| Charlie McClintock | Republican | Not Voting |
| Cherielynn Westrich | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| David Sieck | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Dr. Steven P. Bradley | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie Andrews | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Stone | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Cisneros | Republican | Nay |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Latham | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Yea |
Passed
49 Yea
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0 Nay
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1 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Cournoyer | — | Yea |
| Edler | — | Yea |
| Feenstra | — | Yea |
| Giddens | — | Yea |
| Greene | — | Yea |
| Hogg | — | Yea |
| Bolkcom | — | Yea |
| Boulton | — | Yea |
| Breitbach | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Not Voting |
| Carlin | — | Yea |
| Celsi | — | Yea |
| Chapman | — | Yea |
| Jochum | — | Yea |
| Kapucian | — | Yea |
| Kinney | — | Yea |
| Lykam | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Miller-Meeks | — | Yea |
| Nunn | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Schneider | — | Yea |
| Segebart | — | Yea |
| Whiting | — | Yea |
| Zaun | — | Yea |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Yea |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Zach Wahls | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Yea |
| Annette Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| Carrie Koelker | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Behn | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Yea |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Yea |
Passed
96 Yea
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0 Nay
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4 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Derry | — | Yea |
| Deyoe | — | Yea |
| Dolecheck | — | Yea |
| Forbes | — | Yea |
| Fry | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Abdul-Samad | — | Yea |
| Bacon | — | Yea |
| Baxter | — | Yea |
| Bearinger | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Yea |
| Breckenridge | — | Yea |
| Brink | — | Yea |
| Carlson | — | Yea |
| Cohoon | — | Yea |
| Gaskill | — | Yea |
| Gassman | — | Yea |
| Gustafson | — | Yea |
| Hagenow | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Hanusa | — | Yea |
| Heddens | — | Yea |
| Hein | — | Yea |
| Hinson | — | Yea |
| Hite | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Huseman | — | Yea |
| Isenhart | — | Yea |
| Jacobsen | — | Yea |
| Kacena | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Klein | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Landon | — | Yea |
| Lensing | — | Yea |
| Mascher | — | Yea |
| Maxwell | — | Yea |
| McConkey | — | Yea |
| McKean | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Oldson | — | Yea |
| Osmundson | — | Yea |
| Ourth | — | Yea |
| Paustian | — | Yea |
| Prichard | — | Yea |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Yea |
| Sexton | — | Yea |
| Steckman | — | Yea |
| Sunde | — | Yea |
| Thede | — | Yea |
| Thorup | — | Not Voting |
| Upmeyer | — | Yea |
| Wolfe | — | Yea |
| Worthan | — | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Yea |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Yea |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Yea |
| Heather Matson | Democrat | Yea |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Yea |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Yea |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Yea |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Yea |
| Molly Donahue | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Yea |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Yea |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Not Voting |
| David Sieck | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Mark I. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Yea |
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- HF 623 is sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
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- This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced February 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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