Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2175: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the purchase or sale of an individual including surrogate mother agreements, and making penalties applicable
Status: In committee, January 27, 2026
An Act relating to the purchase or sale of an individual including surrogate mother agreements, and making penalties applicable.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the purchase or sale of an individual including surrogate mother agreements, and making penalties applicable.
From the introduced text, January 27, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the purchase or sale of an individual including surrogate mother agreements, and making penalties applicable. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6592YH (2) as/js H.F. 2175 Section 1. Section 710.11, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 710.11 Purchase or sale of individual. A person commits a class "C" felony when the person purchases or sells or attempts to purchase or sell an individual to another person. This section does not apply to a surrogate mother arrangement provided that the surrogate mother receives no monetary consideration or anything of value for agreeing to be artificially inseminated to bear a child and to relinquish all rights regarding that child to another person or couple. For purposes of this section, a "surrogate mother arrangement" means an arrangement whereby a female agrees to be artificially inseminated with the semen of a donor, to bear a child, and to relinquish all rights regarding that child to the donor or donor couple. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to the purchase or sale of an individual including surrogate mother agreements. The bill provides that the prohibition against the purchase or sale of …
Sponsors
- Tom Shipley (R, 9) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 157 .
Subjects: surrogate motherhood, sales
Common questions
- What is HF2175?
- HF2175 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the purchase or sale of an individual including surrogate mother agreements, and making penalties applicable.
- What does HF2175 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the purchase or sale of an individual including surrogate mother agreements, and making penalties applicable.
- What is the status of HF2175?
- In committee as of January 27, 2026. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 157 . (January 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2175?
- Tom Shipley (R, 9).
- Where is the official record for HF2175?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2175&ga=91
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