HF 2175 (LSB 6592YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2175

BY  SHIPLEY

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:

    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 an individual 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.
   A person violating the bill is guilty of a class “C” felony. A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more than $13,660.