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IowaSF 51391st General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET
A bill for an act prohibiting a court from ordering payment of a postsecondary education subsidy for a child under a dissolution of marriage temporary order or final judgment or decree, and providing for application to existing orders, judgments, and decrees. (Formerly SF 241.) Effective date: 07/01/2025. Applicability date: 07/01/2025.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Signed by Governor
judiciary
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Bill Overview
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Divorce courts cannot order college support
Beginning July 1, 2025, Iowa courts cannot order either parent to pay a postsecondary education subsidy in a divorce case. This ban applies to temporary orders and final judgments entered or pending on or after that date. A postsecondary education subsidy means money for a child age 18 to 22 who is in full‑time college, in career or technical training, or accepted to college and the next term has not started. Orders entered before July 1, 2025 that include such payments are not changed by this law.
Enforcement rules for existing college support orders
Starting July 1, 2025, missed postsecondary education payments in existing orders are treated as prompt‑pay obligations. Courts can use contempt and other tools to enforce them, even if the missed amount is paid before the hearing. The law also clarifies how a stepparent adoption of a person age 18 or older interacts with any support or postsecondary education payments that extend past age 18.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/21/2025
Passed House
Yes: 85 • No: 6
Senate vote • 3/19/2025
Passed Senate
Yes: 43 • No: 4
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/6/2025GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
5/6/2025SenateMessage from House.
4/22/2025HouseImmediate message.
4/21/2025legislaturePassed House, yeas 85, nays 6.
4/21/2025HousePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar.
4/2/2025legislatureCommittee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays. 0.
4/1/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/1/2025legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
4/1/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 04/01/2025 8:00AM House Lounge 2.
3/27/2025HouseSubcommittee: Holt, Wessel-Kroeschell and Wheeler.
3/25/2025legislatureRead first time, referred to Judiciary.
3/19/2025legislatureMessage from Senate.
3/19/2025SenateImmediate message.
3/19/2025legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 43, nays 4.
3/19/2025SenateCommittee report, approving bill.
3/5/2025legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
3/5/2025legislature
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