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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2617: Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades seven through twelve

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill incorporates provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades through 12. The bill requires that the human growth and development curriculum provided by school districts, nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in grades and 8, and the health curriculum in grades through 12, include instruction regarding human biology related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb.

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named March 4, 2024

  • Sen. J. Taylor
  • Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 8 for, 17 against

For: Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: AFSCME Iowa Council 61; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Iowa Nurses Association; Iowa State Education Association; and 5 more

In plain words

  1. February 19, 2024Filed in the House
  2. February 28, 2024Passed the House, 59–35
  3. February 29, 2024Arrived in the Senate
  4. March 4, 2024Senate subcommittee named: J. Taylor, Quirmbach and Salmon
  5. March 12, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
  6. March 18, 2024Approved by the Senate committee

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/90/HF2617