All Roll Calls
Yes: 109 • No: 28
IowaHF 225391st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act relating to terminology involving a pregnant female. (Formerly HSB 501.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Signed by Governor
judiciary
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Protections for patients and licensed doctors
Beginning July 1, 2026, a pregnant person is not criminally liable for their own act or failure to act. An approved medical procedure by a licensed Iowa physician that ends or seriously injures a pregnancy is not a crime, at any stage. This protection applies even when the patient cannot give consent.
Stronger penalties for harming a pregnancy
Beginning July 1, 2026, ending a pregnancy without the pregnant person's consent during a forcible felony is a class B felony. Ending a pregnancy without consent during another felony or by felonious assault, or intentionally without consent, is a class C felony. Attempts are a class D felony. Forcing or intimidating someone to consent is a class C felony. Causing an unintentional termination or serious injury by an act likely to cause it is an aggravated misdemeanor. Assault against someone the offender knows or should know is pregnant is a class D felony.
Late-term termination crimes and exceptions
Beginning July 1, 2026, intentionally ending a pregnancy after the second trimester, with the pregnant person's consent, is feticide and a class C felony. Trying to do so is a class D felony. Anyone not licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine who performs a termination commits a class C felony. A licensed Iowa physician may end a pregnancy to protect the life or health of the patient or fetus and must make reasonable efforts to preserve a viable fetus.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/1/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 40 • No: 6
House vote • 2/25/2026
Passed House
Yes: 69 • No: 22
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
4/16/2026GovernorReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
4/16/2026SenateMessage from Senate.
4/1/2026SenateImmediate message.
4/1/2026legislaturePassed Senate, yeas 40, nays 6.
4/1/2026SenatePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
3/26/2026legislaturePlaced on calendar.
3/18/2026legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
3/18/2026legislatureSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/9/2026legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/09/2026 2:00PM Room 315.
3/5/2026legislatureSubcommittee: Westrich, Petersen, and Shipley.
3/3/2026legislatureRead first time, referred to Judiciary.
2/25/2026legislatureMessage from House.
2/25/2026HouseImmediate message.
2/25/2026legislaturePassed House, yeas 69, nays 22.
2/25/2026HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
1/30/2026legislature
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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