Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SF 294 — A bill for an act relating to temporary orders of child custody in dissolution proceedings.

Last action — Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 514.

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

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 12, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

Prognosis

Stalled 16% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill mandates that temporary joint physical care of a child be awarded to both parents during dissolution proceedings unless certain objections are proven.

  • Section 598.10

    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. → the court shall award temporary joint physical care of the child to both parties during the pendency of the custody proceeding unless a rebuttable presumption exists against awarding physical care to one of the parties.

    This change requires the court to grant joint physical care of the child to both parents temporarily, reinforcing the presumption of shared custody.

Action History

  1. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 514.

  2. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  3. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 11:00AM Senate Lounge.

  4. Subcommittee: Evans, Dickey, and Petersen.

  5. Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SF 294?
SF 294 is sponsored by Lynn Evans (Republican).
What is the current status of SF 294?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 12, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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