{"bill":{"bill_key":"IA-SF473-2026","title":"A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of certain entities for purposes of child foster care and adoption. (Formerly SF 236.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.","side":"anti","state":"IA","year":2026,"status_cat":"enacted","ls_status":"passed","law_status":"Active","summary":"A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of child foster care providers and prospective adoptive parents. (Formerly SF 236.)","notes":"It's ok for adoption services or prospective parents to misgender their trans kids or not support their queer kids if their religion/conscience says so.","types_str":"Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care|Child Custody Bill","sponsor_mix":"other","final_margin_pct":63.6,"url":"https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/SF473/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S.F. 473, 91st Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Iowa 2025) (enacted), https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=SF473.","short":"Iowa S.F. 473."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[],"citations":["IA:237.10","IA:600.7A"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":8833},{"role":"final","label":"As enrolled or final","chars":8051}]},"litigation":{"law_status":"Active"}}