SF514 • 2026

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

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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 JUDICIARY
Last action: 2025-05-15
Official status: Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 1222 .
Effective date: Not listed

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

What This Bill Does

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

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Bill History

2025-05-15 Iowa Legislature
Rereferred to Judiciary. H.J. 1222 .
2025-04-10 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 928 .
2025-04-07 Iowa Legislature
Committee amendment H-1218 filed. H.J. 903 .
2025-04-07 Iowa Legislature
Placed on calendar. H.J. 902 .
2025-04-02 Iowa Legislature
Committee Vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 902 .
2025-04-02 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 902 .
2025-04-01 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-03-27 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:15AM House Lounge 2.
2025-03-25 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Holt, Wessel-Kroeschell and Wheeler. H.J. 813 .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 717 .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Message from Senate. H.J. 680 .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. S.J. 562 .
2025-03-18 Iowa Legislature
Passed Senate , yeas 35, nays 13. S.J. 561 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 425 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 417 .

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

514

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

514

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SF

294)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

temporary

orders

of

child

custody

in

1

dissolution

proceedings.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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514

Section

1.

Section

598.10,

subsection

1,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

In

order

to

encourage

compliance

with

a

visitation

order,

3

a

temporary

order

for

custody

shall

provide

for

a

minimum

4

visitation

schedule

with

the

noncustodial

parent,

unless

the

5

court

determines

that

such

visitation

is

not

in

the

best

6

interest

of

the

child.

In

considering

the

temporary

order,

the

7

court

shall

order

on

a

temporary

basis

during

the

pendency

of

8

the

original

custody

proceeding

temporary

joint

physical

care

9

of

the

child

to

both

parties

unless

a

rebuttable

presumption

10

exists

against

awarding

physical

care

to

one

of

the

parties.

11

If

the

court

finds,

by

a

preponderance

of

the

evidence,

that

12

joint

physical

care

is

inappropriate,

the

court

shall

cite

the

13

reasons

that

joint

physical

care

would

be

inappropriate

using

14

the

factors

listed

in

section

598.41,

subsection

3.

15

EXPLANATION

16

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

17

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

18

This

bill

relates

to

temporary

orders

of

child

custody

19

during

dissolution

proceedings.

The

bill

provides

that

unless

20

a

rebuttable

presumption

exists

against

awarding

physical

21

care

to

one

of

the

parties,

the

court

shall

award

temporary

22

joint

physical

care

of

the

child

to

both

parties

during

the

23

pendency

of

the

custody

proceeding.

If

the

court

finds,

by

24

a

preponderance

of

the

evidence,

that

joint

physical

care

is

25

inappropriate,

the

court

is

required

to

cite

the

reasons

for

26

its

decision.

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