89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
HF 476: Creating the dignity in pregnancy and childbirth Act
Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill creates the dignity in pregnancy and childbirth Act. The bill includes legislative findings and intent. The bill creates new Code chapter 135Q, to be known and cited as “The Iowa Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act”. The bill includes definitions including those for “implicit bias”, “implicit prejudice”, “implicit stereotypes”, and “pregnancy-related death”. The bill requires a hospital or a primary care clinic that provides perinatal care and a birth center to implement an evidence-based implicit bias training program for all health care professionals involved in providing care to patients within the facility.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against
Against: IA Mental Health Planning Council
In plain words
- February 10, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Human Resources committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF476