Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2332: A BILL FOR An Act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions
Status: In committee, February 16, 2026
An Act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5992HH (5) ak/ko H.F. 2332 Section 1. FINDINGS. 1. The general assembly acknowledges that all human beings are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, the foremost of which is the right to life. 2. Article I, section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa recognizes that all men and women are, by nature, free and equal, and have certain inalienable rights ---- among which are those of enjoying and defending life. 3. Article I, section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Iowa guarantees that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. 4. The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 5. The general assembly, in the exercise of its constitutional duties and powers, has a fundamental duty to provide equal protection of the lives of all persons, including unborn children. 6. The general assembly finds that the life …
Sponsors
- Jon Dunwell (R, 38) · primary sponsor
- Skyler Wheeler (R, 4)
- Charley Thomson (R, 58)
- John Wills (R, 10)
- Craig Johnson (R, 67)
- Steven Bradley (R, 66)
- Dean Fisher (R, 53)
- Thomas Gerhold (R, 84)
- Steven Holt (R, 12)
- Robert Henderson (R, 2)
- Samantha Fett (R, 22)
- Dan Gehlbach (R, 46)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 8:30AM RM 103 (Cancelled).
- : Subcommittee: Dunwell, Fett and Wessel-Kroeschell. H.J. 262 .
- : Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 227 .
Subjects: pregnancy, feticide, abortions, felonies, medical care, mortality, attorney general
Common questions
- What is HF2332?
- HF2332 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
- What does HF2332 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
- What is the status of HF2332?
- In committee as of February 16, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee Meeting: 02/17/2026 8:30AM RM 103 (Cancelled). (February 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2332?
- Jon Dunwell (R, 38), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HF2332?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2332&ga=91
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