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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to terminology involving a pregnant female."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to terminology involving a pregnant female."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HF 2253"
+citation: "Iowa HF 2253 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["feticide", "pregnancy", "women"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fad2d5c-1acd-47d7-8262-e105d942d5a9"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2253&ga=91"
+source_hash: "90d2ffb1455ea47c8586df16ed215de815f29d4f60ab27e65cd03887aef9424a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa HF 2253 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to terminology involving a pregnant female.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/91/attachments/HF2253.html)
+2. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF2253.html)
+3. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF2253_GovLetter.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF2253.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **40–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed House, yeas 69, nays 22. `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Immediate message.
+- **2026-02-25** Message from House.
+- **2026-02-25** Read first time, referred to Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** Subcommittee: Westrich, Petersen, and Shipley.
+- **2026-03-05** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/09/2026 2:00PM Room 315.
+- **2026-03-09** Subcommittee recommends passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-18** Placed on calendar.
+- **2026-03-26** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2026-04-01** Passed Senate, yeas 40, nays 6. `passage`
+- **2026-04-01** Immediate message.
+- **2026-04-01** Message from Senate.
+- **2026-04-16** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fad2d5c-1acd-47d7-8262-e105d942d5a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+