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Rights, restrictions & the places between.
IA SF236 (2025)
A bill for an act relating to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of child foster care providers and prospective adoptive parents.(See SF 473.)
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Session
- 91st General Assembly
- Stage reported
- Introduced Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 473. S.J. 384.
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster CareChild Custody Bill
Links
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Feb 10, 2025)(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. S.J. 215. | |
| Senate | Subcommittee: Salmon, Pike, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 244. | |
| Senate | Subcommittee Meeting: 02/24/2025 11:00AM Room 315. | |
| Senate | Subcommittee recommends passage. | |
| Senate | Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 473. S.J. 384. |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
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