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

SF 2150: Relating to a pregnant minor’s legal capacity to consent to the provision of certain medical care

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

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

Senate subcommittee · named February 4, 2026

Sen. Scott Webster (R) · scott.webster@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@legis.iowa.gov
Sen. Dan Zumbach (R) · dan.zumbach@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

January 29, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
February 4, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Webster, Donahue and Zumbach
February 11, 2026Subcommittee recommended passing it
February 12, 2026Approved by the Senate committee
March 30, 2026Withdrawn