HF2436 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests.(See HF 2720 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: WELDON
Last action: 2026-03-16
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 672 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests.(See HF 2720 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests.(See HF 2720 .)

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Bill History

2026-03-16 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 672 .
2026-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2720 .
2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 368 .
2026-02-19 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 368 .
2026-02-17 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 7:45AM House Lounge.
2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Fett, Bagniewski and Williams. H.J. 311 .
2026-02-12 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 275 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests.(See HF 2720 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

House

File

2436

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2436

BY

WELDON

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

dissolution

of

marriage,

including

name

1

change

requests.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

598.37,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

1

follows:

2

598.37

Name

change.

3

1.

a.

Either

party

to

a

marriage

may

request

as

a

part

of

4

the

decree

of

dissolution

or

decree

of

annulment

a

change

in

5

the

person’s

name

to

either

the

name

appearing

on

the

person’s

6

birth

certificate

or

to

the

name

the

person

had

immediately

7

prior

to

the

marriage.

8

b.

If

a

party

requests

a

name

change

other

than

to

the

name

9

appearing

on

the

person’s

birth

certificate

or

to

the

name

the

10

person

had

immediately

prior

to

the

marriage,

the

request

shall

11

be

made

under

chapter

674

.

12

2.

If

a

party

requests

a

name

change

under

subsection

13

1,

paragraph

“a”

,

the

clerk

of

court

shall

issue

a

separate

14

document

evidencing

the

name

change.

The

document

shall

15

not

contain

any

other

information

relating

to

the

decree

of

16

dissolution

or

decree

of

annulment.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

As

part

of

a

decree

of

dissolution

or

decree

of

annulment,

21

a

party

to

a

marriage

may

request

a

change

in

the

person’s

22

name

to

either

the

name

appearing

on

the

person’s

birth

23

certificate

or

to

the

name

the

person

had

immediately

prior

24

to

the

marriage.

This

bill

provides

that

if

a

party

does

so,

25

the

clerk

of

court

is

required

to

issue

a

separate

document

26

evidencing

the

party’s

name

change.

The

bill

requires

that

the

27

document

issued

does

not

contain

any

other

information

relating

28

to

the

decree

of

dissolution

or

decree

of

annulment.

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