90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 612: Relating to care and choices at the end of life, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill creates a new Code chapter, the “Iowa Our Care, Our Options Act”. The bill provides findings and definitions used in the new Code chapter. The bill includes provisions relating to informed consent relative to an adult patient making a decision about end-of-life care and in particular medical aid in dying which is defined as the practice of evaluating a patient’s request for medication, determining if a patient is qualified, performing the duties specified, and providing a prescription to a qualified patient, pursuant to the new Code chapter.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 1 for, 6 against
For: Animal Rescue League Iowa, Inc.
Against: Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa
In plain words
- March 3, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF612