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

SF 2049: Relating to autologous and directed blood donations at blood banks and hospitals

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 autologous or directed blood donations collected at blood banks and hospitals. The bill requires a blood bank or hospital that facilitates autologous or directed blood donations to comply with an individual’s request, based on a physician’s order for a procedure that may require a blood transfusion, for an autologous or directed blood donation. The bill provides that an autologous or directed blood donation collected by a blood bank or hospital shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws and rules. The bill allows both blood banks and hospitals to charge a reasonable fee for facilitating an autologous or directed blood donation. The bill defines “autologous blood donation”, “blood bank”, and “directed blood donation” for purposes of the bill.

Sponsors

Sen. Dennis Guth (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 21, 2026

  • Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 1 for, 4 against

For: Iowans for Freedom

Against: American Red Cross- Central Iowa Chapter; ImpactLife; Iowa Medical Society; Life Serve Blood Center

In plain words

  1. January 14, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
  2. January 21, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Sweeney, Trone Garriott and Webster

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/SF2049