HF 2557 — A bill for an act allowing a person to raise, guide, and instruct a child in a manner consistent with the child’s sex.
Last action — Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 16, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
High chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
Advancing
46% · moderate confidence
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current pdf
Action History
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Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
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Placed on calendar.
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Committee report, recommending passage.
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Subcommittee recommends passage.
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Subcommittee Meeting: 03/12/2026 11:00AM Room 315.
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Subcommittee: Evans, Dickey, and Quirmbach.
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Read first time, referred to Judiciary.
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Message from House.
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Immediate message.
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Passed House, yeas 65, nays 31.
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Introduced, placed on calendar.
Sponsors
- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 32 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (149)
149 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 149 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
65 Yea
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31 Nay
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4 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 66 | 31 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 65% | 30% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (102)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Kniff | — | Yea |
| Jr. | — | Not Voting |
| Adam Zabner | Democrat | Nay |
| Aime Wichtendahl | Democrat | Nay |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Nay |
| Angel Ramirez | Democrat | Nay |
| Austin Baeth | Democrat | Nay |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Nay |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Nay |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Nay |
| Daniel Gosa | Democrat | Nay |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Nay |
| Dr. Megan L. Srinivas | Democrat | Nay |
| Elinor A. Levin | Democrat | Nay |
| Elizabeth Wilson | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric J. Gjerde | Democrat | Nay |
| Heather Matson | Democrat | Nay |
| J.D. Scholten | Democrat | Nay |
| Jeff Cooling | Democrat | Nay |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Nay |
| Jerome Amos Jr. | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Josh Turek | Democrat | Nay |
| Ken Croken | Democrat | Nay |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Nay |
| Larry McBurney | Democrat | Nay |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Mary Lee Madison | Democrat | Nay |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Nay |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Nay |
| Rob Johnson | Democrat | Nay |
| Ross Wilburn | Democrat | Nay |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Nay |
| Sean Bagniewski | Democrat | Nay |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Nay |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Nay |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Yea |
| Austin Harris | Republican | Yea |
| Barb Kniff McCulla | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Gustoff | Republican | Yea |
| Blaine C. Watkins | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Henderson | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Siegrist | Republican | Yea |
| Brett Barker | Republican | Yea |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Yea |
| Brooke Boden | Republican | Yea |
| Carter F. Nordman | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Behn | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Ingels | Republican | Yea |
| Charley Thomson | Republican | Yea |
| Christian A. Hermanson | Republican | Yea |
| Cindy Golding | Republican | Yea |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Gehlbach | Republican | Yea |
| David E. Young | Republican | Yea |
| David L. Blom | Republican | Yea |
| David Sieck | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Derek Wulf | Republican | Yea |
| Devon Wood | Republican | Yea |
| Dr. Steven P. Bradley | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie Andrews | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Hans C. Wilz | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Hora | Republican | Yea |
| Helena Hayes | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Stone | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Gearhart | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Jon Dunwell | Republican | Yea |
| Joshua Meggers | Republican | Yea |
| Judd Lawler | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Cisneros | Republican | Yea |
| Mark I. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Matthew Rinker | Republican | Not Voting |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Vondran | Republican | Yea |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Weldon | Republican | Yea |
| Sam Wengryn | Republican | Yea |
| Samantha Fett | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Latham | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Taylor R. Collins | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Not Voting |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Determann | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Shipley | Republican | Yea |
| Travis M. Sitzmann | Republican | Yea |
| Wendy Larson | Republican | Yea |
| Zach Dieken | Republican | Yea |
Passed
45 Yea
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0 Nay
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5 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (51)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bolkcom | — | Yea |
| Boulton | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Carlin | — | Yea |
| Celsi | — | Yea |
| Chapman | — | Yea |
| Cournoyer | — | Yea |
| Edler | — | Yea |
| Giddens | — | Yea |
| Goodwin | — | Yea |
| Jochum | — | Yea |
| Kinney | — | Yea |
| Lykam | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Nunn | — | Yea |
| Ragan | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Trone | — | Yea |
| Zaun | — | Yea |
| Hogg | — | Not Voting |
| Taylor, T. | — | Yea |
| Herman C. Quirmbach | Democrat | Yea |
| Janet Petersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Sarah Trone Garriott | Democrat | Yea |
| Tony Bisignano | Democrat | Yea |
| William A. Dotzler Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Zach Wahls | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Adrian Dickey | Republican | Yea |
| Amy Sinclair | Republican | Yea |
| Annette Sweeney | Republican | Yea |
| Carrie Koelker | Republican | Yea |
| Craig P. Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Dawson | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Zumbach | Republican | Not Voting |
| David D. Rowley | Republican | Yea |
| Dawn Driscoll | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis Guth | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Whitver | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Reichman | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Jesse Green | Republican | Yea |
| Julian B. Garrett | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Rozenboom | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Costello | Republican | Yea |
| Mark S. Lofgren | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Klimesh | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Kraayenbrink | Republican | Not Voting |
Passed
92 Yea
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2 Nay
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6 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 93 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 2% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (101)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Bacon | — | Yea |
| Baxter | — | Yea |
| Best | — | Yea |
| Brink | — | Yea |
| Bush | — | Yea |
| Cahill | — | Yea |
| Cohoon | — | Yea |
| Deyoe | — | Yea |
| Dolecheck | — | Yea |
| Forbes | — | Yea |
| Fry | — | Yea |
| Gobble | — | Yea |
| Graber | — | Yea |
| Gustafson | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Hansen | — | Yea |
| Hein | — | Yea |
| Hite | — | Yea |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Isenhart | — | Yea |
| Jacobsen | — | Yea |
| Kerr | — | Yea |
| Klein | — | Yea |
| Mascher | — | Yea |
| Maxwell | — | Yea |
| McConkey | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Oldson | — | Yea |
| Osmundson | — | Yea |
| Paustian | — | Yea |
| Prichard | — | Yea |
| Running-Marquardt | — | Yea |
| Sexton | — | Yea |
| Shipley | — | Yea |
| Steckman | — | Yea |
| Sunde | — | Yea |
| Thede | — | Yea |
| Thorup | — | Yea |
| Wolfe | — | Yea |
| Worthan | — | Yea |
| Speaker | — | Yea |
| Abdul-Samad | — | Not Voting |
| Bohannan | — | Not Voting |
| Thompson, P. | — | Yea |
| Amy Nielsen | Democrat | Yea |
| Art Staed | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Kressig | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Brian Meyer | Democrat | Yea |
| Cindy Winckler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Jacoby | Democrat | Nay |
| Eric J. Gjerde | Democrat | Yea |
| Jennifer Konfrst | Democrat | Yea |
| Kenan Judge | Democrat | Yea |
| Lindsay James | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Liz Bennett | Democrat | Yea |
| Molly Donahue | Democrat | Yea |
| Monica Kurth | Democrat | Yea |
| Rick L. Olson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ross Wilburn | Democrat | Yea |
| Ruth Ann Gaines | Democrat | Yea |
| Timi M. Brown-Powers | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracy A. Ehlert | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Meyer | Republican | Yea |
| Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Siegrist | Republican | Yea |
| Brian K. Lohse | Republican | Yea |
| Brooke Boden | Republican | Yea |
| Carter F. Nordman | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Ingels | Republican | Yea |
| Charlie McClintock | Republican | Not Voting |
| Cherielynn Westrich | Republican | Yea |
| Craig Steven Williams | Republican | Yea |
| David Sieck | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dean Fisher | Republican | Yea |
| Dr. Steven P. Bradley | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie Andrews | Republican | Yea |
| Gary M. Mohr | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Stone | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Bossman | Republican | Yea |
| Jane Bloomingdale | Republican | Yea |
| Jennifer J. Smith | Republican | Nay |
| John H. Wills | Republican | Yea |
| Jon Dunwell | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Cisneros | Republican | Yea |
| Matt W. Windschitl | Republican | Yea |
| Megan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Michael R. Bergan | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Bousselot | Republican | Yea |
| Norlin G. Mommsen | Republican | Yea |
| Pat Grassley | Republican | Yea |
| Ray Sorensen | Republican | Yea |
| Sandy Salmon | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Latham | Republican | Yea |
| Shannon Lundgren | Republican | Yea |
| Skyler Wheeler | Republican | Yea |
| Steven C. Holt | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Gerhold | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas Jay Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas M. Jeneary | Republican | Yea |
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- HF 2557 is sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY.
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