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Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SF 514 — A bill for an act relating to temporary orders of child custody in dissolution proceedings.

Last action May 15, 2025 — Rereferred to Judiciary.

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Introduced
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In Committee
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
5
To Executive
6
Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced March 05, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 30% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Passed Senate

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Mixed recorded votes

3 passed, 26 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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How this bill changes current law

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The bill establishes a presumption of temporary joint physical care for children during custody proceedings unless certain conditions are met.

Section 598.10

In considering the temporary order, the court shall order on a temporary basis during the pendency of the original custody proceeding temporary joint physical care of the child to both parties unless a rebuttable presumption exists against awarding physical care to one of the parties. → In considering the temporary order, the court shall order on a temporary basis during the pendency of the original custody proceeding temporary joint physical care of the child to both parties.

This change establishes that temporary joint physical care is the default position in custody proceedings unless there is evidence against it.
Section 598.10

If the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that joint physical care is inappropriate, the court shall cite the reasons that joint physical care would be inappropriate using the factors listed in section 598.41, subsection 3. → If the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that joint physical care is inappropriate, the court shall cite the reasons for its decision.

This simplifies the requirement for the court to explain its reasoning if joint physical care is deemed inappropriate.

Amendments

1 amendment

Amendment H-1218 Show changes

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Action History

May 15, 2025
Rereferred to Judiciary.
April 10, 2025
Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
April 07, 2025
Committee amendment H-1218 filed.
April 07, 2025
Placed on calendar.
April 02, 2025
Committee Vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.
April 02, 2025
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
April 01, 2025
Subcommittee recommends passage.
March 27, 2025
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:15AM House Lounge 2.
March 25, 2025
Subcommittee: Holt, Wessel-Kroeschell and Wheeler.
March 18, 2025
Read first time, referred to Judiciary.
March 18, 2025
Message from Senate.
March 18, 2025
Immediate message.
March 18, 2025
Passed Senate, yeas 35, nays 13.
March 05, 2025
Committee report, approving bill.
March 05, 2025
Introduced, placed on calendar.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 123 voted No

Sponsors (1)

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	32	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	1
Democrat	1	14	0	1
Total	34	14	0	2
% of votes cast	68%	28%	0%	4%

Member	Party	Vote
Celsi	—	Not Voting
De Witt	—	Yea
Art Staed	Democrat	Nay
Cindy Winckler	Democrat	Nay
Herman C. Quirmbach	Democrat	Nay
Izaah Knox	Democrat	Yea
Janet Petersen	Democrat	Not Voting
Janice Weiner	Democrat	Nay
Liz Bennett	Democrat	Nay
Matt Blake	Democrat	Nay
Mike Zimmer	Democrat	Nay
Molly Donahue	Democrat	Nay
Sarah Trone Garriott	Democrat	Nay
Sarah Trone Garriott	Democrat	Nay
Thomas Townsend	Democrat	Nay
Tony Bisignano	Democrat	Nay
William A. Dotzler Jr.	Democrat	Nay
Zach Wahls	Democrat	Nay
Adrian Dickey	Republican	Yea
Amy Sinclair	Republican	Yea
Annette Sweeney	Republican	Yea
Carrie Koelker	Republican	Yea
Charlie McClintock	Republican	Yea
Cherielynn Westrich	Republican	Yea
Dan Zumbach	Republican	Yea
Dave Sires	Republican	Yea
David D. Rowley	Republican	Yea
Dawn Driscoll	Republican	Yea
Dennis Guth	Republican	Yea
Doug Campbell	Republican	Yea
Jack Whitver	Republican	Yea
Jason Schultz	Republican	Yea
Jeff Reichman	Republican	Yea
Jeff Taylor	Republican	Yea
Jesse Green	Republican	Yea
Julian B. Garrett	Republican	Yea
Kara Warme	Republican	Yea
Ken Rozenboom	Republican	Yea
Kerry Gruenhagen	Republican	Yea
Kevin Alons	Republican	Yea
Lynn Evans	Republican	Yea
Mark Costello	Republican	Yea
Mark S. Lofgren	Republican	Yea
Mike Bousselot	Republican	Yea
Mike Klimesh	Republican	Yea
Mike Pike	Republican	Yea
Sandy Salmon	Republican	Yea
Scott Webster	Republican	Yea
Tim Kraayenbrink	Republican	Yea
Tom Shipley	Republican	Yea

Shall amendment H-1100 be adopted?

March 15, 2023

Failed 35 Yea · 62 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	7	13	0	1
Republican	1	51	0	1
Total	36	64	0	3
% of votes cast	35%	62%	0%	3%

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	Not Voting
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	Yea
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	Nay
Brian K. Lohse	Republican	Yea
Brooke Boden	Republican	Nay
Carter F. Nordman	Republican	Nay
Chad Ingels	Republican	Nay
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	Nay
Dr. Steven P. Bradley	Republican	Nay
Eddie Andrews	Republican	Nay
Gary M. Mohr	Republican	Not Voting
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	Nay
Michael R. Bergan	Republican	Nay
Mike Vondran	Republican	Nay
Norlin G. Mommsen	Republican	Nay
Pat Grassley	Republican	Nay
Ray Sorensen	Republican	Nay
Shannon Latham	Republican	Nay
Shannon Lundgren	Republican	Nay
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	Nay
Tom Shipley	Republican	Nay
Zach Dieken	Republican	Nay

Member	Party	Vote
Boulton	—	Yea
Celsi	—	Yea
Giddens	—	Yea
Jochum	—	Yea
Brown	—	Nay
Edler	—	Nay
Zaun	—	Nay
De Witt	—	Nay
Taylor, T.	—	Yea
Cindy Winckler	Democrat	Yea
Herman C. Quirmbach	Democrat	Yea
Izaah Knox	Democrat	Yea
Janet Petersen	Democrat	Yea
Janice Weiner	Democrat	Yea
Liz Bennett	Democrat	Yea
Molly Donahue	Democrat	Yea
Sarah Trone Garriott	Democrat	Yea
Sarah Trone Garriott	Democrat	Yea
Tony Bisignano	Democrat	Yea
William A. Dotzler Jr.	Democrat	Yea
Zach Wahls	Democrat	Yea
Adrian Dickey	Republican	Nay
Amy Sinclair	Republican	Nay
Annette Sweeney	Republican	Nay
Carrie Koelker	Republican	Nay
Charlie McClintock	Republican	Nay
Cherielynn Westrich	Republican	Nay
Dan Dawson	Republican	Yea
Dan Zumbach	Republican	Nay
David D. Rowley	Republican	Nay
Dawn Driscoll	Republican	Nay
Dennis Guth	Republican	Nay
Jack Whitver	Republican	Nay
Jason Schultz	Republican	Nay
Jeff Reichman	Republican	Nay
Jeff Taylor	Republican	Nay
Jesse Green	Republican	Nay
Julian B. Garrett	Republican	Not Voting
Ken Rozenboom	Republican	Nay
Kerry Gruenhagen	Republican	Nay
Kevin Alons	Republican	Nay
Lynn Evans	Republican	Nay
Mark Costello	Republican	Nay
Mark S. Lofgren	Republican	Nay
Mike Bousselot	Republican	Nay
Mike Klimesh	Republican	Nay
Sandy Salmon	Republican	Nay
Scott Webster	Republican	Nay
Tim Kraayenbrink	Republican	Nay
Tom Shipley	Republican	Nay

Member	Party	Vote
Brown	—	Yea
Cournoyer	—	Yea
Edler	—	Yea
Zaun	—	Yea
Boulton	—	Nay
Celsi	—	Nay
Giddens	—	Nay
Jochum	—	Nay
De Witt	—	Yea
Taylor, T.	—	Nay
Cindy Winckler	Democrat	Nay
Herman C. Quirmbach	Democrat	Nay
Izaah Knox	Democrat	Nay
Janet Petersen	Democrat	Nay
Janice Weiner	Democrat	Nay
Liz Bennett	Democrat	Nay
Molly Donahue	Democrat	Nay
Sarah Trone Garriott	Democrat	Nay
Sarah Trone Garriott	Democrat	Nay
Tony Bisignano	Democrat	Yea
William A. Dotzler Jr.	Democrat	Nay
Zach Wahls	Democrat	Nay
Adrian Dickey	Republican	Yea
Amy Sinclair	Republican	Yea
Annette Sweeney	Republican	Yea
Carrie Koelker	Republican	Yea
Charlie McClintock	Republican	Yea
Cherielynn Westrich	Republican	Yea
Dan Zumbach	Republican	Yea
David D. Rowley	Republican	Yea
Dawn Driscoll	Republican	Yea
Dennis Guth	Republican	Yea
Jack Whitver	Republican	Yea
Jason Schultz	Republican	Yea
Jeff Reichman	Republican	Yea
Jeff Taylor	Republican	Yea
Jesse Green	Republican	Yea
Julian B. Garrett	Republican	Not Voting
Ken Rozenboom	Republican	Yea
Kerry Gruenhagen	Republican	Yea
Kevin Alons	Republican	Yea
Lynn Evans	Republican	Yea
Mark Costello	Republican	Yea
Mark S. Lofgren	Republican	Yea
Mike Bousselot	Republican	Yea
Mike Klimesh	Republican	Yea
Sandy Salmon	Republican	Yea
Scott Webster	Republican	Yea
Tim Kraayenbrink	Republican	Yea
Tom Shipley	Republican	Yea