All Roll Calls
Yes: 138 • No: 0
IowaHF 272091st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests. (Formerly HF 2436.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Signed by Governor
judiciary
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Bill Overview
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Clear rules for divorce name changes
Beginning July 1, 2026, if your divorce or annulment decree is entered on or after that date, you can ask the court to change your name in the decree. You can choose only your birth certificate name or the name you used right before the marriage. To take any other name, you must file a separate request under Iowa Code chapter 674. If you ask for your birth or premarital name in the decree, the court issues a separate document showing the name change, and it cannot include any other divorce or annulment details.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/30/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 46 • No: 0
House vote • 3/10/2026
Passed House
Yes: 92 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2026GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
4/9/2026SenateMessage from Senate.
3/31/2026SenateImmediate message.
3/30/2026legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0.
3/30/2026SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
3/26/2026legislaturePlaced on calendar.
3/18/2026legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
3/18/2026legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/17/2026legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/17/2026 11:30AM Room 315.
3/12/2026legislatureSubcommittee: Taylor, Petersen, and Shipley.
3/12/2026legislatureRead first time, referred to Judiciary.
3/10/2026legislatureMessage from House.
3/10/2026HouseImmediate message.
3/10/2026legislaturePassed House, yeas 92, nays 0.
3/10/2026HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/24/2026legislature
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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