Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2316: A BILL FOR An Act 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
Status: In committee, February 6, 2026
An Act 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.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act 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.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act 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. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5525YH (4) lh/jh H.F. 2316 Section 1. PURPOSES. The general assembly finds and declares that the purposes of this Act are all of the following: 1. To recognize that the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States requires that "No state shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." 2. To fully recognize that innocent human life, created in the image of God, should be equally protected under the law from fertilization to natural death. 3. To ensure that the rights of unborn children are protected from homicide and assault by the same criminal and civil laws protecting all other persons. 4. To recognize that all persons potentially subject to such laws are entitled to due process protections. 5. To ensure that pregnant women are protected under the law from being pressured to abort a child. 6. To remove provisions that may allow a person to solicit, command, aid, or counsel a pregnant woman to abort a child. Sec. 2. Section 633.336, Code …
Sponsors
- Zachary Dieken (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Samantha Fett (R, 22)
- Mark Cisneros (R, 96)
- John Wills (R, 10)
- Larson, Wendy (R, 7)
- Charley Thomson (R, 58)
- Dean Fisher (R, 53)
- Craig Johnson (R, 67)
Latest actions
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 225 .
Subjects: assault, rights, pregnancy, homicide, PRESERVATION BOARD, STATE, wrongful death, fetal deaths, abortions
Common questions
- What is HF2316?
- HF2316 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act 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.
- What does HF2316 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act 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.
- What is the status of HF2316?
- In committee as of February 6, 2026. Latest action: Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 225 . (February 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2316?
- Zachary Dieken (R, 5), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF2316?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2316&ga=91
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