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Senate unanimously substitutes, then passes bill to allow courts to waive pre‑adoptive home study in limited cases
Summary
The Senate concurred in a substitution and passed House File 314 allowing a court to waive a pre‑adoptive home study when the petitioner has been the child's legal guardian for 36 consecutive months and complied with guardian duties; final passage was 36–11.
The Iowa Senate on April 7, 2025, substituted House File 314 for Senate File 154 and passed the substituted bill on a 36–11 roll call. The measure allows a court to waive a pre‑adoptive home study when specific conditions are met.
Under the substituted language presented by Senator Mark Taylor (R‑Sioux), a court may waive the pre‑adoptive home study if the…
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