Sign in

Back to the bill

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

SF 188: Relating to health insurance coverage for contraceptive devices, drugs, and services

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to health insurance coverage for contraceptive devices, drugs, and services. The bill prohibits a policy, contract, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses (policy), and that provides coverage for prescription drugs, from excluding or restricting benefits for contraceptive drugs, contraceptive devices (contraceptives), or generic equivalents, if the policy provides benefits for other prescription drugs or devices. “Contraceptive device” and “contraceptive drug” are defined in the bill.

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Janice Weiner (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 5, 2025

  • Sen. Dawn Driscoll (R) · dawn.driscoll@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Kara Warme (R) · kara.warme@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 3 against

For: Family Planning Council of Iowa; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

Against: Iowa Right to Life Committee; Pulse Life Advocates; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 3, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. February 5, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Driscoll, Trone Garriott and Warme

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/SF188