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

SF 175: Incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curricula provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades five through twelve

Signed into law

What it does

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

Sponsors

Education committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 12 for, 20 against

For: Inspired Life; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Lutheran Family Service; PELLA PAC; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Bitches Get Stuff Done; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; and 8 more

In plain words

  1. February 3, 2025Filed in the Senate
  2. February 3, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
  3. February 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 31–13
  4. April 17, 2025Took the place of HF 391 on the House floor (the same legislation)
  5. April 17, 2025Passed the House, 60–31
  6. April 28, 2025Passed the Senate, 33–16
  7. May 19, 2025Sent to the Governor
  8. June 6, 2025Signed into law

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/SF175