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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2564: Relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medical care

Signed into law

What it does

This bill relates to the legal capacity of a pregnant minor to consent to certain medical care. If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian is not reasonably available, a minor shall have the legal capacity to give consent to the provision of prenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care by certain health care providers. The bill does not relieve the health care provider of the duty to obtain informed consent from the minor.

Sponsors

Rep. Ann Meyer (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 13 for, 1 against

For: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Blank Childrens Hospital; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics; Iowa Medical Society; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; Iowa Nurses Association; Iowa Right to Life Committee; League of Women Voters of Iowa; and 1 more

Against: Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2026Filed in the House
  2. March 4, 2026Passed the House, 94–2
  3. March 5, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 30, 2026Took the place of SF 2150 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  5. March 30, 2026Passed the Senate, 46–0
  6. April 9, 2026Sent to the Governor
  7. April 9, 2026Signed into law

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/91/HF2564