HF560 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the rights of parents, guardians, and minors including those relating to gender transition procedure-related activities for minors, and providing effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

Children Parental Rights

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: WICHTENDAHL, CROKEN, LEVIN, B. MEYER, BROWN-POWERS, KURTH, AMOS JR., WESSEL-KROESCHELL and McBURNEY
Last action: 2025-02-24
Official status: Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 414 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the rights of parents, guardians, and minors including those relating to gender transition procedure-related activities for minors, and providing effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the rights of parents, guardians, and minors including those relating to gender transition procedure-related activities for minors, and providing effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

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Bill History

2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 414 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the rights of parents, guardians, and minors including those relating to gender transition procedure-related activities for minors, and providing effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.

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House

File

560

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

560

BY

WICHTENDAHL

,

CROKEN

,

LEVIN

,

B.

MEYER

,

BROWN-POWERS

,

KURTH

,

AMOS

JR.

,

WESSEL-KROESCHELL

,

and

McBURNEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

rights

of

parents,

guardians,

and

1

minors

including

those

relating

to

gender

transition

2

procedure-related

activities

for

minors,

and

providing

3

effective

date

and

retroactive

applicability

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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560

Section

1.

Section

601.1,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

2.

Subject

to

section

147.164

,

a

A

parent

or

guardian

3

bears

the

ultimate

responsibility,

and

has

the

fundamental,

4

constitutionally

protected

right,

to

make

decisions

affecting

5

the

parent’s

or

guardian’s

minor

child,

including

decisions

6

related

to

the

minor

child’s

medical

care,

moral

upbringing,

7

religious

upbringing,

residence,

education,

and

extracurricular

8

activities.

Any

and

all

restrictions

of

this

right

shall

be

9

subject

to

strict

scrutiny.

10

Sec.

2.

REPEAL.

Section

147.164,

Code

2025,

is

repealed.

11

Sec.

3.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

12

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

13

Sec.

4.

RETROACTIVE

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

14

retroactively

to

March

22,

2023.

15

EXPLANATION

16

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

17

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

18

This

bill

relates

to

the

rights

of

parents,

guardians,

19

and

minors.

The

bill

repeals

Code

section

147.164

(gender

20

transition

procedure-related

activities

——

minors

——

21

prohibitions),

and

makes

a

conforming

change

in

the

Code.

22

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment

and

is

retroactively

23

applicable

to

March

22,

2023.

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