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HSB 588Died when the session ended · January 24, 2024

HSB 588

Topics:Civil rights

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2024
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2024
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary This bill changes how the word "woman" is understood in Iowa laws. It specifies that the term refers to an adult female human.1

Read the official explanation

This bill defines “woman” as an adult female human for the purposes of the rules of statutory construction.

Full bill text2

House subcommittee

Named January 18, 2024. On January 24, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

28 written public comments to its subcommittee: January 23, 2024 (28) · on the Legislature’s site

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§4.1

How the Code works3

Lobbying

5 for · 9 against · 1 undecided · Who →