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91st General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2316: Relating to the treatment of an unborn child for the purposes of damages for wrongful death, homicide and related crimes, and assault, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the treatment of an unborn child for purposes of damages for wrongful death, certain crimes, and certain defenses. The bill provides the purposes of the bill.336 (damages for wrongful death) to provide that damages for wrongful death of a child shall include the wrongful death of an unborn child, as defined in the bill to mean an individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization to fetal death or live birth.1A (homicide and related crimes —— unborn child victim) that provides that for the purpose of Code chapter 707 (homicide and related crimes), “person” includes an unborn child when the person is the victim of the crime.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Cisneros (R), Rep. Zach Dieken (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Dean Fisher (R), Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R), Rep. Wendy Larson (R), Rep. Charley Thomson (R), Rep. John H. Wills (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 6 for, 6 against

For: Iowa Abolitionists; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Katherine Bogaards; VALOR Iowa

Against: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Medical Society; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF2316