88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
SF 2040: Relating to the treatment of the partner of a patient with a sexually transmitted infection
Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill expands the existing clinical practice of treating the sexual partners of patients diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea to include trichomoniasis. Under the program, if a patient is diagnosed with one of these sexually transmitted infections, the patient’s physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide prescription oral antibiotic drugs to that patient’s sexual partner or partners without examination of that patient’s partner or partners.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named January 23, 2020
- Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
- Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against
For: Iowa Board of Medicine
In plain words
- January 16, 2020Filed in the Senate and sent to the Human Resources committee
- January 23, 2020Senate subcommittee named: Sweeney, Garrett and Quirmbach
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/SF2040