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Allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawHealth careLGBTQIA+
Same legislation: HSB 669
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2026
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2026
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 4, 202665–31
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 18, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill allows a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex. The bill exempts from the definition of child abuse a person raising, guiding, or instructing a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex, including but not limited to referring to the child by titles or pronouns consistent with the child’s sex; seeking and consenting to a mental health service for a child for the purpose of helping the child live a life consistent with the child’s sex; making mental health or medical decisions based on the child’s sex; and declining to consent to gender transition procedure-related activity for a child.
Read the full explanation
The bill adds similar language to foster parent licensing considerations, court-ordered custody considerations during a dissolution of marriage, prospective adoptive parent considerations, and exemptions to the definition of child endangerment.71B (duties of the department upon receipt of [child abuse] report).
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named March 10, 2026. On March 12, 2026 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
132 written public comments to its subcommittee: March 12, 2026 (57), February 9, 2026 (75) · on the Legislature’s site
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§232.68§232.71B§237.5§598.41§600.7A§726.6
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Lobbying
11 for · 16 against · 1 undecided · Who →
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