HF 315 (LSB 1537HV (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE 315

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 42)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the rights to involvement of certain individuals in all proceedings under the juvenile justice code, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 232.2, subsection 39, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   39.  “Parent” means a biological or adoptive mother or father of a child, or an individual whose parenthood was established by operation of law due to the individual’s marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of the child, but does not include a mother or father whose parental rights have been terminated.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that for the purposes of proceedings under Code chapter 232 (juvenile justice), “parent” includes an individual whose parenthood was established by operation of law due to the individual’s marriage to the mother at the time of conception, birth, or at any time during the period between conception and birth of the child.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.