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

HF 453: Relating to the treatment of an unborn child for the purposes of damages for wrongful death, the defense of compulsion, 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

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to the treatment of an unborn child for purposes of damages for wrongful death, certain crimes, and certain defenses.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.

Sponsors

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

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 8 for, 6 against

For: Beks Carlson - Personal Interest; Homeschool Iowa; Iowa Abolitionists; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Jeremy Dannewitz; VALOR Iowa

Against: Family Planning Council of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Personal Interest- Tony Thompson; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

In plain words

  1. February 18, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary 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/91/HF453