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HF2537 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315 ; See HF 2781 .)

A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315 ; See HF 2781 .)

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Withdrawn. H.J. 1043 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315 ; See HF 2781 .)

A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315 ; See HF 2781 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315 ; See HF 2781 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-29 Iowa Legislature

    Withdrawn. H.J. 1043 .

  2. 2026-04-16 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2781 .

  3. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 14. Nays, 10. Excused, 1. H.J. 866 .

  4. 2026-04-08 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 866 .

  5. 2026-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  6. 2026-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/03/2026 8:45AM RM 19.

  7. 2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Meyer, A., Johnson, R. and Lawler. H.J. 413 .

  8. 2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 305 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.(Formerly HF 2315 ; See HF 2781 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2537

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2537

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

HEALTH

AND

HUMAN

SERVICES

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

2315)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

allocations

of

moneys

from

the

juvenile

1

detention

home

fund.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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Section

1.

Section

232.142,

subsection

6,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

(1)

Moneys

deposited

in

the

juvenile

detention

home

3

fund

during

a

fiscal

year

are

appropriated

to

the

department

4

for

the

same

fiscal

year

for

distribution

of

an

amount

equal

to

5

a

percentage

of

the

costs

of

the

establishment,

improvement,

6

operation,

and

maintenance

of

county

or

multicounty

juvenile

7

detention

homes

in

the

prior

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year.

8

Such

percentage

shall

be

determined

by

the

department

based

on

9

the

amount

available

for

distribution

from

the

fund.

10

(2)

Moneys

appropriated

for

distribution

in

accordance

with

11

this

subsection

shall

be

allocated

among

eligible

detention

12

homes,

as

follows:

13

(a)

One

hundred

fifty

thousand

dollars

shall

be

distributed

14

to

each

eligible

county

or

multicounty

juvenile

detention

home.

15

(b)

Appropriated

moneys

remaining

after

the

distribution

16

in

subparagraph

division

(a)

shall

be

prorated

and

distributed

17

on

the

basis

of

an

eligible

county

or

multicounty

juvenile

18

detention

home’s

proportion

of

the

costs

of

all

eligible

19

county

or

multicounty

juvenile

detention

homes

in

the

prior

20

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year.

21

EXPLANATION

22

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

23

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

24

This

bill

relates

to

allocations

of

moneys

from

the

juvenile

25

detention

home

fund

(fund).

26

The

fund

is

in

the

state

treasury

under

the

authority

of

the

27

department

of

health

and

human

services

for

the

purposes

of

28

establishing,

improving,

operating,

and

maintaining

juvenile

29

detention

homes

(homes).

Under

current

law,

moneys

in

the

fund

30

are

distributed

to

a

home

based

on

the

home’s

proportion

of

the

31

costs

of

all

homes

in

the

immediately

preceding

fiscal

year.

32

The

bill

instead

requires

$150,000

to

be

distributed

to

each

33

home.

Moneys

in

the

fund

remaining

after

the

initial

$150,000

34

distribution

to

each

home

are

distributed

based

on

each

home’s

35

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proportion

of

the

total

costs

of

all

homes

for

the

immediately

1

preceding

fiscal

year.

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