Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2575: A BILL FOR An Act allowing a court to grant a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights of a child in certain circumstances
Status: In committee, February 18, 2026
An Act allowing a court to grant a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights of a child in certain circumstances.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act allowing a court to grant a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights of a child in certain circumstances.
From the introduced text, February 18, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act allowing a court to grant a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights of a child in certain circumstances. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6609YH (4) dg/ko H.F. 2575 Section 1. Section 600C.1, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 2026, is amended by striking the paragraph. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. Under current law, if a parent of a child is deceased, a court may enter an order granting visitation rights with the child to the child's grandparent or great-grandparent (grandparent) if the court finds such visitation is in the child's best interests; the grandparent and the child have a substantial established relationship prior to the grandparent petitioning for visitation rights; and the surviving parent is either unfit to make a decision regarding such visitation or the parent's judgment has been impaired and the benefits the child would receive from visitation greatly outweigh the effects such visitation would have on the child's parent-child relationship. This bill eliminates the requirement that a parent must be unfit to make a decision regarding grandparent visitation or that the parent's judgment must be impaired and the benefits the child would receive from visitation greatly outweigh the effects such …
Sponsors
- Ray Sorensen (R, 23) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Tabled until future meeting.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2026 8:15AM House Lounge.
- : Subcommittee: Stone, Wessel-Kroeschell and Williams. H.J. 333 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 329 .
Subjects: visitation rights, domestic relations, grandparents, grandparent visitation, children, courts
Common questions
- What is HF2575?
- HF2575 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act allowing a court to grant a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights of a child in certain circumstances.
- What does HF2575 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act allowing a court to grant a grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights of a child in certain circumstances.
- What is the status of HF2575?
- In committee as of February 18, 2026. Latest action: Tabled until future meeting. (February 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2575?
- Ray Sorensen (R, 23).
- Where is the official record for HF2575?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2575&ga=91
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