91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
HF 666: Relating to the Iowa human life protection Act, providing for civil actions and civil penalties, and including effective date provisions
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill creates the Iowa human life protection Act in new Code chapter 146F, and provides for civil actions and civil penalties. The bill includes findings relating to human life and abortion.2 provides definitions used in the new Code chapter including “abortion fund”, “abortion-inducing drug”, “abortion provider”, “affiliate”, “aiding or abetting”, “attempt” or “attempts”, “elective abortion”, “fertilization”, “governmental entity”, “information content provider”, “interactive computer service”, “major bodily function”, “medical emergency”, “medically indicated separation procedure”, “perform”, “performance”, “performed”, “performs”, or “performing” relative to an elective abortion, “person”, “policy”, “political subdivision”, “pregnant”, “taxpayer resource transaction”, “unborn child”, and “woman” or “women”.
Sponsors
Rep. Mark Cisneros (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Dean Fisher (R), Rep. Thomas Gerhold (R), Rep. Helena Hayes (R), Rep. Bob Henderson (R), Rep. Jeff Shipley (R), Rep. Mark I. Thompson (R), Rep. Sam Wengryn (R)
Cost
No fiscal note
Lobbying · 3 for, 3 against
For: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Iowa Right to Life Committee; VALOR Iowa
Against: Bitches Get Stuff Done; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa
In plain words
- February 28, 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/HF666