SF374 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(See SF 521 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: DICKEY
Last action: 2025-03-05
Official status: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 521 . S.J. 425 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(See SF 521 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(See SF 521 .)

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Bill History

2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 521 . S.J. 425 .
2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/27/2025 11:30AM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Rowley, Garrett, and Knox. S.J. 329 .
2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 311 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to payment of reasonable attorney fees for contempt relative to a dissolution of marriage proceeding.(See SF 521 .)

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

374

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

374

BY

DICKEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

payment

of

reasonable

attorney

fees

for

1

contempt

relative

to

a

dissolution

of

marriage

proceeding.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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S.F.

374

Section

1.

Section

598.23,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

e.

Direct

the

person

found

in

contempt

3

to

pay

the

reasonable

attorney

fees

incurred

by

a

party

as

a

4

result

of

the

person’s

actions

constituting

contempt.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

allows

a

court

that

finds

a

person

has

willfully

9

disobeyed

a

temporary

order

or

final

decree

in

a

dissolution

of

10

marriage

proceeding

to

direct

the

person

to

pay

the

reasonable

11

attorney

fees

incurred

by

a

party

as

a

result

of

the

person’s

12

actions

constituting

contempt.

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