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

SJR 1: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care

Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.

What it does

This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care specifying: 1. The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom and an individual’s most private decisions concerning reproductive freedom shall not be infringed. Reproductive freedom includes but is not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care.

Sponsors

Sen. Liz Bennett (D), Sen. Tony Bisignano (D), Sen. Matt Blake (D), Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. (D), Sen. Janet Petersen (D), Sen. Art Staed (D), Sen. Thomas Townsend (D), Sen. Zach Wahls (D), Sen. Janice Weiner (D), Sen. Cindy Winckler (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 27, 2025

  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 10 for, 7 against

For: Bitches Get Stuff Done; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

Against: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Lutheran Family Service; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 23, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. January 27, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Celsi and Schultz

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/SJR1