Iowa · 2025-2026

HF 2256

A bill for an act exempting a parent’s or legal guardian’s inability to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for their child from the definition of child abuse.

Bill record: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-bill/e36592f7-5e11-4e90-a4da-003fdabde026 CC0-1.0

Summary AI-generated

Iowa House File 2256 proposes to amend the definition of child abuse to exclude a parent's or legal guardian's inability to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for their child.

Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

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Roll-call votes on this bill

Motion / questionChamberStageRollOutcomeYeaNayOtherDateSource
Shall the bill pass? upper 26610c40-3078-4ed8-9f5b-c59050c6a170 pass 45 0 3 Apr 6, 2026 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/26610c40-3078-4ed8-9f5b-c59050c6a170 CC0-1.0