IowaIowa law keeps current foster parents’ home addresses from biological parents
Iowa law keeps the health and human services department and its agents from sharing a current foster parent’s home address with the child’s biological parent without written consent.
What it does
The department and its agents may not knowingly give a child’s biological parent a document showing the current foster parent’s full home address or say it aloud, unless the foster parent first agrees in writing.
Argument forKeeping a foster parent’s home address from a child’s biological parent could help protect the foster parent’s household.
Argument againstBiological parents may find it harder to reach a child’s current foster parent because the department cannot share the address without written consent.
More detail
The department and its agents may not knowingly give a biological parent a document showing the current foster parent’s full home address or say that address aloud. This applies when the foster parent is currently caring for the biological parent’s child in foster care. The address may be shared if the foster parent gives written consent before the department or its agent shares it. The rule applies while the foster parent is currently caring for the child. Written consent must come before the address is shared.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 15Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds.Became Law
- May 13Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.To Governor
- May 1Message from Senate.
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Upper
- May 1Immediate message.
- May 1Passed Senate, yeas 44, nays 0.Passed 2nd Chamber
- Mar 26Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- Mar 12Placed on calendar.
- Mar 12Committee report, recommending passage.Minor
- Mar 9Subcommittee recommends passage.Minor
- Mar 4Subcommittee Meeting: 03/09/2026 12:30PM Senate Lounge.
- Mar 4Subcommittee: Salmon, Drey, and Guth.
- Mar 2Read first time, referred to Health and Human Services.Minor
- Mar 2Message from House.
- Feb 26Immediate message.
- Vote recorded Shall the bill pass? Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0.Passed 1st Chamber
- Feb 26Amendment H-8021 adopted.Major
- Feb 23Amendment H-8021 filed.Minor
- Feb 16Introduced, placed on calendar.Introduced
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