# Iowa SF 445: A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1135.)

Iowa SF 445, A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1135.), is a 91st General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION; status failed, last action 2025-05-15 (Rereferred to Health and Human Services.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Iowa SF 445
- State: Iowa
- Session: 91st General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: A bill for an act relating to early childhood education and care, including by modifying provisions related to the statewide preschool program, the child development coordinating council, programs for at-risk children, the responsibilities of the department of education, the early childhood Iowa initiative, and the state child care assistance program, establishing the child care continuum partnership grants pilot program within the department of health and human services, making appropriations and reducing appropriations, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1135.)
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Rereferred to Health and Human Services.
- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: health and human services
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (33 yes, 14 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 33 | 14 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-05-15: Rereferred to Health and Human Services. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Read first time, passed on file. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Message from Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-23: Fiscal note. (legislature)
- 2025-04-23: Immediate message. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 14. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Amendment S-3136 filed, lost. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Amendment S-3135 filed, lost. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Amendment S-3134 filed, lost. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Amendment S-3133 filed, lost. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Amendment S-3132 filed, adopted. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Fiscal note. (legislature)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on calendar under unfinished business. (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Committee report, approving bill. (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Introduced, placed on calendar. (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF445.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/SF445.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IA-SF445-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).