H.B. No. 475 Summary

• Prohibits state funds from being given directly or indirectly to any entity that supports, promotes, or provides abortions

• Requires counties and municipal corporations to report monthly abortion-related spending to the auditor of state and tax commissioner, including amounts spent and sources of funding

• Establishes the abortion adjustment fund to receive withheld local government funds from counties and municipalities that engage in abortion-related spending, with distributions to pregnancy resource centers and entities providing services to women who have received abortions

• Reduces local government fund (LGF) payments to counties and municipalities based on reported abortion-related spending, with reductions deposited into the abortion adjustment fund

• Creates enforcement mechanisms including payment withholding for entities that fail to file required reports or file reports with inaccurate information regarding abortion spending