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HF2036 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.(See HF 2526 .)

A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.(See HF 2526 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
BARKER
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Withdrawn. H.J. 484 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.(See HF 2526 .)

A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.(See HF 2526 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.(See HF 2526 .)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. H.J. 484 .

  2. 2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2526 .

  3. 2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. H.J. 265 .

  4. 2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 265 .

  5. 2026-01-22 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  6. 2026-01-21 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2026 11:15AM House Lounge.

  7. 2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Barker, Bradley and Turek. H.J. 97 .

  8. 2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 75 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.(See HF 2526 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2036

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2036

BY

BARKER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

confidentiality

of

the

residential

1

addresses

of

foster

parents.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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H.F.

2036

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

237D.1

Foster

parent

addresses

——

1

confidentiality.

2

1.

For

purposes

of

this

chapter:

3

a.

“Address”

means

the

residential

address

of

a

person.

4

b.

“Child

foster

care”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

section

5

237.1.

6

c.

“Foster

child”

means

a

child

receiving

child

foster

care.

7

d.

“Foster

parent”

means

an

individual

licensee

as

defined

8

in

section

237.1.

9

2.

A

person

shall

not

knowingly

provide

or

make

available

10

a

document

to

a

biological

parent

of

a

foster

child

if

the

11

document

contains

the

unredacted

address

of

the

foster

parent

12

who

is

currently

providing

child

foster

care

to

the

foster

13

child.

14

3.

Notwithstanding

subsection

2,

a

document

may

contain

15

a

foster

parent’s

unredacted

address

if

the

foster

parent

16

provides

written

consent

to

divulge

the

address

to

a

foster

17

child’s

biological

parent

prior

to

a

person

providing

the

18

document

or

making

the

document

available

to

the

biological

19

parent.

20

EXPLANATION

21

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

22

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

23

This

bill

relates

to

the

confidentiality

of

the

residential

24

addresses

of

foster

parents.

25

The

bill

defines

“address”,

“child

foster

care”,

“foster

26

child”,

and

“foster

parent”.

27

The

bill

prohibits

a

person

from

knowingly

providing

or

28

making

available

a

document

to

a

biological

parent

of

a

foster

29

child

if

the

document

contains

the

unredacted

address

of

the

30

foster

parent

who

is

currently

providing

child

foster

care

to

31

the

foster

child.

32

The

bill

allows

a

person

to

provide

or

make

available

33

a

document

with

a

foster

parent’s

unredacted

address

to

a

34

biological

parent

of

a

foster

child

in

the

foster

parent’s

care

35

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2

H.F.

2036

if

the

foster

parent

provides

prior

written

consent

to

divulge

1

the

address.

2

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