HSB 34 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades seven through twelve.

This bill requires Iowa schools to include specific content about pregnancy and fetal development in health and human growth curricula for students in grades 7-12. It mandates that all public school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools teach human biology related to pregnancy, womb development, and show two specific media resources: a 3+ minute ultrasound video of early fetal organ development and an animation comparable to the "Meet Baby Olivia" video illustrating fertilization and development stages. These requirements apply to the human growth curriculum in grades 7-8 and health curriculum in grades 9-12. The bill does not alter existing standards for other health topics like sexually transmitted diseases.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025
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Total actions
7
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Feb 13, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 391.
legislature
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 16. Nays, 7.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Jan 29, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/30/2025 12:00PM RM 304.
legislature
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Hayes, Boden and Wessel-Kroeschell.
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Education.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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