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

HF 814: Relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medical care

Became HF 2564 · Its progress continues under the new number.

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.

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 21, 2026

Rep. Chad Ingels (R) · chad.ingels@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov
Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) · beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov

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

March 6, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
January 21, 2026House subcommittee named: Ingels, Meyer, A. and Wessel-Kroeschell
January 28, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
February 10, 2026Approved by the House committee
February 10, 2026Committee vote: 21–0
February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2564
March 9, 2026Withdrawn