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Bills › 91st General Assembly

HF 384Died when the session ended · February 13, 2025

Providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical care or services for a sexually transmitted disease or infection

Sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee, Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R)

Topics:Health care

Same legislation: HF 104, SF 120, SF 304

Write your legislators about it

Also covers HF 104 and SF 120 and SF 304.

What changed before it passed
Official bill pageLobbyist declarationsOne-pager to print

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 11, 2025
  4. Done: Passes the HouseApril 14, 202663–29
  5. Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
  6. Done: Passes the SenateApril 7, 202533–14
  7. Done: To the GovernorMay 5, 2026
  8. Done: Signed into lawMay 19, 2026

SF 304 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 304, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 304 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Currently, minors in Iowa can give consent to get medical care for sexually transmitted diseases. This bill would change that rule so that minors can no longer give consent for vaccinations related to those diseases.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the legal capacity of a minor to consent to the provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection. Under Code section 139A.35, a minor has the legal capacity to act and give consent to provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection. Under the bill, a minor does not have the legal capacity to consent to the provision of vaccinations for a sexually transmitted disease or infection.

Why it matters. Minors would no longer have the legal authority to consent to vaccinations for the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease or infection. This change affects young people seeking medical care and the healthcare providers who treat them.2

Full bill text · What changed before it passed3

37 written public comments to its subcommittee: January 14, 2026 (17), February 6, 2025 (6), January 30, 2025 (14) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§139A.35

How the Code works4

Lobbying

3 for · 27 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2064Cleared committee90th GA

91st General Assembly

HF 104RenumberedHouse companionSF 120RenumberedSenate companionHF 384Cleared committeefrom HF 104SF 304Became lawfrom SF 120

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • SF 2064 Providing an exception to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of medical …
    90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · very similar
    Cleared committee
  • HF 2044 Providing an exception relating to vaccines to a minor’s legal capacity to consent to the …
    90th General Assembly · In committee · similar
    Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.