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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 278: A bill for an act relating to parental authorization for minors to create accounts on social media platforms, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 278 is a bill introduced in the Iowa House on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to parental authorization for minors to create accounts on social media platforms, providing civil penalties, and including applicability provisions. Primary sponsor: Bobby Kaufmann (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2025): Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 798.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bobby KaufmannPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse82

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 798.
  2. Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 2.
  3. Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
  4. Subcommittee recommends passage.
  5. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/19/2025 4:00PM House Lounge.
  6. Subcommittee: Fett, Wheeler and Wilburn.
  7. Introduced, referred to Judiciary.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source