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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SF 54: Relating to maternal health best practices

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 relates to maternal health best practices or safety bundle requirements for hospitals. The bill requires a licensed hospital that provides labor and delivery services to adopt and implement the current best practices or safety bundles recommended by the American college of obstetricians and gynecologists and the alliance for innovation on maternal health.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named January 17, 2023

  • Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
  • Sen. Julian B. Garrett (R)
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Family Planning Council of Iowa; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 11, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
  2. January 17, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Garrett and Petersen

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/90/SF54