A bill for an act relating to dissolution of marriage, including name change requests.
HF 2720 in Iowa allows either spouse to request a name change back to their birth name or pre-marriage name as part of a divorce (dissolution of marriage) or annulment decree. The bill requires courts to issue a separate, standalone document for the name change, excluding any other details from the divorce decree. This directly affects Iowans finalizing divorces who seek to revert their name, making the process clearer and more streamlined. The change simplifies administrative steps without altering existing name change options available under other laws.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 24, 2026
Signed Apr 9, 2026
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a line-by-line layout to a standard paragraph format, while the substantive legal content regarding marriage name changes remained identical. No new policies, funding, or eligibility criteria were introduced.
TECHNICAL
The document layout was converted from a vertical line-by-line format to standard paragraph formatting for readability, but the actual legal text and provisions did not change.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 30, 2026
How they voted
45–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 49
Mar 30, 2026
D
Democratic15
93% Yea
R
Republican34
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Apr 9, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0.
upper
Mar 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Mar 12, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 03/17/2026 11:30AM Room 315.
legislature
Mar 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Taylor, Petersen, and Shipley.
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 92, nays 0.
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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