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IowaSF 209691st General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET
A bill for an act relating to foster parent training requirements for the licensure of individual child foster care providers. (Formerly SSB 3016.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
What foster parent training must cover
Beginning 07/01/2026, required training covers physical care, education, learning disabilities, and getting professional services. It also includes behavior assessment, self-assessment, self-living skills, contact with and support for a child’s biological family, child welfare basics, trauma, attachment, grief, and loss. You can meet the rule through an approved public or private program with foster care expertise. The department must tell you about helpful training in a reasonable time and adopt rules to enforce the law.
Foster parents: training hours and renewals
Beginning 07/01/2026, you must complete 30 hours of foster parent training to get an individual license. Each year before renewal, you must finish six hours of training that the Iowa Department of Human Services finds appropriate for you. The department can accept past training or experience, or waive part or all of the initial 30 hours for good cause based on the child’s and your circumstances. If you are on active military duty and cannot finish the six hours before renewal, you are treated as meeting the renewal training rule.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/2/2026
Passed House
Yes: 80 • No: 10
Senate vote • 2/10/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 37 • No: 9
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
4/7/2026GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
4/6/2026SenateMessage from House.
3/3/2026HouseImmediate message.
3/2/2026legislaturePassed House, yeas 80, nays 10.
3/2/2026HouseSubstituted for HF 2163.
3/2/2026legislatureRead first time, passed on file.
2/11/2026legislatureMessage from Senate.
2/11/2026SenateImmediate message.
2/10/2026legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 37, nays 9.
2/10/2026SenateCommittee report, approving bill.
1/22/2026legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
1/22/2026legislature
Bill Text
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