Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades seven through twelve

Topics:K–12 education Reproductive rights

Same legislation: HF 76, SSB 1028, SF 175, HF 391

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
Done: House committeeFebruary 11, 2025
Done: Passes the HouseApril 17, 202560–31
Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 18, 202531–13
Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
Done: Signed into lawJune 6, 2025

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What’s in it

This bill incorporates provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades through 12. The bill requires that the human growth and development curriculum provided by school districts, nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in grades and 8, and the health curriculum in grades through 12, include instruction regarding human biology related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb.

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The bill also requires that such curriculum include a video, at least three minutes in duration, showing the development of the brain, heart, sex organs, and other vital organs in early fetal development, and a rendering or animation, comparable to the meet baby Olivia video developed by live action, showing the process of fertilization and every stage of human development inside the uterus, noting significant markers in cell growth and organ development for every significant marker of pregnancy until birth.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendments H-1237, H-1236, S-3005; see Amendments. Full bill text · What changed before it passed

House subcommittee

Named January 15, 2025. On January 30, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256.11 §256E.7 §256F.4

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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

Tried before

HF 2617Passed a chamber90th GA

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HSB 34Renumbered SSB 1028Cleared committee

91st General Assembly

HF 76Cleared committeeHouse companion SF 175Became lawSenate companion HF 391Didn’t advancefrom HSB 34

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

HF 2617 Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth …
90th General Assembly · Passed House · same title
Passed a chamber

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.