All Roll Calls
Yes: 140 • No: 0
IowaSF 219891st General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET
A bill for an act relating to the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care. (Formerly SSB 3020.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Clearer rules for Iowa health-care agents
Beginning July 1, 2026, your health-care agent must follow your wishes as stated in your health-care power of attorney, in a life-sustaining declaration you signed under Iowa law, or what you later tell the agent. That declaration is not read as a ban on stopping tube feeding or IV fluids. Things you told someone else, or other papers, do not limit the agent unless the declaration or a separate section of the power of attorney clearly says the agent’s power is limited and lists the limits. If your wishes are unknown, the agent must act in your best interests based on your overall condition and prognosis.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/10/2026
Passed House
Yes: 93 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 47 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
4/9/2026GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
4/9/2026SenateMessage from House.
3/10/2026HouseImmediate message.
3/10/2026legislaturePassed House, yeas 93, nays 0.
3/10/2026HouseSubstituted for HF 2570.
3/10/2026legislatureRead first time, passed on file.
2/25/2026legislatureMessage from Senate.
2/24/2026SenateImmediate message.
2/24/2026legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
2/24/2026SenateCommittee report, approving bill.
2/4/2026legislatureIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/4/2026legislature
Bill Text
As Introduced
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