HF817 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the distribution of child support owed to a decedent by affidavit.(See HF 2660 .)

Children

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: SORENSEN
Last action: 2026-03-16
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 672 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to the distribution of child support owed to a decedent by affidavit.(See HF 2660 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the distribution of child support owed to a decedent by affidavit.(See HF 2660 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-03-16 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 672 .
2026-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2660 .
2026-02-17 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 320 .
2026-02-17 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 320 .
2026-02-09 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/09/2026 12:30PM House Lounge 2.
2026-02-04 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Gustoff, Lawler and Wessel-Kroeschell. H.J. 205 .
2025-12-31 Iowa Legislature
* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
2025-03-06 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 540 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the distribution of child support owed to a decedent by affidavit.(See HF 2660 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

817

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

817

BY

SORENSEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

distribution

of

child

support

owed

to

a

1

decedent

by

affidavit.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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817

Section

1.

Section

633.356,

subsection

3,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

c.

Child

support

services,

as

created

3

in

section

252B.2,

shall

make

available

a

form

meeting

4

the

requirements

of

this

subsection

that

may

be

used,

if

5

appropriate,

by

a

successor

as

defined

in

subsection

2,

6

paragraph

“a”

or

“b”

,

when

child

support

services

or

the

7

collection

services

center,

as

created

in

section

252B.13A,

8

is

the

holder

of

the

decedent’s

property

in

the

form

of

9

undistributed

child

support

owed

to

the

decedent.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

Current

law

allows

for

the

distribution

of

a

decedent’s

14

property

by

affidavit

for

very

small

estates

(those

with

15

a

gross

value

of

$50,000

or

less).

This

bill

allows

a

16

successor

of

a

decedent

who

has

a

very

small

estate

to

access

17

undistributed

child

support

payments

owed

to

the

decedent

held

18

by

child

support

services

or

the

collection

services

center.

19

The

bill

requires

child

support

services

to

create

and

make

20

available

a

form

that

allows

the

successor

to

collect

the

held

21

moneys.

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