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IA HF2316

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Zachary Dieken

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Defines "unborn child" as an individual human organism from fertilization to fetal death or live birth, granting legal recognition from the moment of conception
  • Extends wrongful death civil damages to include the death of an unborn child, allowing parents to recover damages for such deaths
  • Expands homicide and related criminal laws to include unborn children as victims, applying the same penalties as crimes against persons after live birth
  • Provides exceptions for unintentional deaths resulting from life-saving medical procedures for the pregnant woman (when accompanied by reasonable steps to save the unborn child) and miscarriages
  • States legislative purposes include recognizing that "innocent human life, created in the image of God, should be equally protected under the law from fertilization to natural death"

Legislative Description

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.

Last Action

Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 225.

2/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/6/2026

Full Bill Text

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