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

HSB 669: Allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex

Became HF 2557 · Its progress continues under the new number.

What it does

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.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 5, 2026

  • Rep. Jon Dunwell (R)
  • Rep. Steven C. Holt (R) · steven.holt@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D) · aime.wichtendahl@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 11 for, 16 against

For: 1st Amendment Partnership; Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Inspired Life; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Protect My Innocence; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa ACEs 360; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Mental Health Advocacy; Iowa Mental Health Counselors Association; Iowa Psychological Association; Iowa Safe Schools; League of Women Voters of Iowa; and 4 more

In plain words

  1. February 4, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 4, 2026House subcommittee named: Wheeler, Holt and Wichtendahl
  3. February 5, 2026House subcommittee named: Dunwell, Holt and Wichtendahl
  4. February 9, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
  5. February 12, 2026Approved by the House committee
  6. February 12, 2026Committee vote: 14–7
  7. February 16, 2026Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2557

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/HSB669