HF 2262: Creating the Iowa our care, our options Act, and providing penalties

What it does

This bill creates the Iowa our care, our options Act. The bill includes findings relating to end-of-life care and treatment options and provides definitions of terms used in the bill. The bill provides a process for an adult patient who is mentally capable, is a resident of the state, and has been determined by the patient’s attending provider and consulting provider to be terminally ill, to request medication that the patient may self-administer to end the patient’s life. Such patient must make two oral requests to the patient’s attending provider, followed by one written request to the patient’s attending provider to request the medication.

House subcommittee · named February 3, 2026

• Rep. Austin Harris (R) · austin.harris@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Timi M. Brown-Powers (D) · timi.brown-powers@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 8 against

For: Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers

Against: Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Lutheran Family Service; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

1. February 3, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. February 3, 2026House subcommittee named: Harris, Brown-Powers, Meyer and A