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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2160: Relating to assisted reproduction and providing penalties

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to assisted reproduction. The bill creates the crime of sexual abuse in the fourth degree. A health care professional commits sexual abuse in the fourth degree when the health care professional implants the health care professional’s own human reproductive material through assisted reproduction without the patient’s prior knowledge and written consent. Sexual abuse in the fourth degree is an aggravated misdemeanor. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

Cost: up to $16,600

House File 2160 as amended establishes new criminal offenses and applies specifically to health care professionals, and the fiscal impact cannot be estimated due to a lack of existing conviction data. The average State cost per offense for an aggravated misdem…

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa State Bar Association; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 28, 2022Filed in the House
  2. January 31, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  3. February 23, 2022Passed the House, 92–5
  4. February 24, 2022Arrived in the Senate
  5. March 2, 2022Took the place of SF 2169 on the Senate floor (the same legislation)
  6. March 2, 2022Passed the Senate, 48–0
  7. March 7, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  8. April 4, 2022Passed the House, 96–1
  9. April 5, 2022Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2160