republic-os/legislation/us/states/ia/2017-2018/sf-359.md

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Bill	A bill for an act prohibiting and requiring certain actions relating to a fetus and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 52.) Effective 7-1-18.	A bill for an act prohibiting and requiring certain actions relating to a fetus and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 52.) Effective 7-1-18.	us/states/ia	Iowa General Assembly	2017-2018	SF 359	Iowa SF 359 (2017-2018)	bill	abortions fetuses organs and tissue	enacted		11	48	6	2017-02-27	2018-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/0f3f8f8b-9321-4e81-b86e-400967476c22	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 359&ga=87	5cf8215cb84bd8628aaab963f920171220998941f0ad30087d775075c365d8c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ia

Iowa SF 359 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act prohibiting and requiring certain actions relating to a fetus and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 52.) Effective 7-1-18.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment H-8269 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-8295 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H-8296 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment H-8313 (committee substitute) — source
6. Amendment H-8362 (committee substitute) — source
7. Amendment H-8436 (committee substitute) — source
8. Amendment H-8441 (committee substitute) — source
9. Amendment H-8446 (committee substitute) — source
10. Amendment S-5288 (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8296, to the committee amendment H-8269? — 43–54 (fail) · lower
• Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-8441, to the committee amendment H-8269? — 53–44 (pass) · lower
• Shall amendment H-8441, to the committee amendment H-8269, be adopted? — 53–44 (pass) · lower
• Shall the bill pass? — 29–17 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 43–6 (pass) · upper
• Shall the bill pass? — 51–46 (pass) · lower

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-02-27 Introduced, placed on calendar. introduction
• 2017-02-27 Committee report, approving bill.
• 2017-03-22 Passed Senate, ayes 43, nays 6. passage
• 2017-03-27 Explanation of vote.
• 2017-03-22 Immediate message.
• 2017-03-22 Message from Senate.
• 2017-03-23 Read first time, referred to Human Resources. reading-1
• 2018-03-12 Subcommittee: Lundgren, Salmon, Wessel-Kroeschell.
• 2018-03-14 Subcommittee Meeting: 03/14/2018 11:00AM RM 19.
• 2018-03-14 Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
• 2018-03-15 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. committee-passage
• 2018-03-15 Committee amendment H-8269 filed.
• 2018-03-19 Fiscal note.
• 2018-03-20 Amendments H-8295, H-8296 and H-8300 filed.
• 2018-03-22 Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
• 2018-03-26 Amendment H-8313 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-04 Amendment H-8362 filed. amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-30 Amendments H-8436 and H-8441 filed.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised on H-8296 to committee amendment H-8269, ruled not germane.
• 2018-05-01 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of H-8296 to committee amendment H-8269.
• 2018-05-01 Motion to suspend rules failed.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised on H-8441 to committee amendment H-8269, ruled not germane.
• 2018-05-01 Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of H-8441 to committee amendment H-8269.
• 2018-05-01 Motion to suspend rules prevailed.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, Speaker resolved point of order
• 2018-05-01 Amendment H-8441 to committee amendment H-8269 adopted.
• 2018-05-01 Amendments H-8295, H-8300, H-8313, H-8362 and H-8436 out of order.
• 2018-05-01 Amendment H-8446 filed, ruled out of order. amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point not well taken.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, Speaker resolved the point of order.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, Speaker resolved the point of order.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point well taken.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, Speaker resolved the point of order.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, Speaker resolved the point of order.
• 2018-05-01 Point of order raised, Rule 10, decorum in debate, ruled point not well taken.
• 2018-05-01 Committee amendment H-8269 adopted, as amended.
• 2018-05-01 Passed House, ayes 51, nays 46. passage
• 2018-05-01 Objection to title, objection withdrawn.
• 2018-05-01 Immediate message.
• 2018-05-01 Message from House, with amendment S-5288.
• 2018-05-01 Senate concurred with S-5288.
• 2018-05-01 Passed Senate, ayes 29, nays 17. passage
• 2018-05-01 Immediate message.
• 2018-05-02 Message from Senate.
• 2018-05-02 Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
• 2018-05-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f3f8f8b-9321-4e81-b86e-400967476c22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).