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HF 807 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act.

House File 807, the "Compassion and Care for Medically Challenging Pregnancies Act," establishes a framework for supporting pregnant women diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly. The bill allows healthcare practitioners to inform these women about available perinatal hospice services and offer referrals. It also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to compile and post a geographically organized list and information sheet about perinatal hospice services in Iowa and nationally, available in both English and Spanish, on its website.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates healthcare providers to inform patients about perinatal hospice services and requires state to compile service listings, improving access to specialized pregnancy care.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Reprinted · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reprinted in a more formal legislative format with updated page numbering and formatting. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, though some definitions were expanded to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses as eligible healthcare practitioners. The bill establishes a new chapter creating the 'Compassion and Care for Medically Challenging Pregnancies Act' to support pregnant women facing lethal fetal anomalies.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on providing support services for pregnant women diagnosed with lethal fetal anomalies, with no change to the core purpose or applicability of the legislation.
DEFINITION

Expanded the definition of 'Health care practitioner' to include physician assistants licensed under chapter 148C, in addition to physicians, advanced registered nurse practitioners, and advanced practice registered nurses.

TECHNICAL

Changed formatting from line-by-line legislative markup to standard bill format with proper section numbering, page headers, and committee information.

Updated page numbering from 3/3 to 2/2 and changed version identifier from LSB 2778HV to HF 807 (2) 91.

Floor votes · House Mar 24, 2025

How they voted

96–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 101
Mar 24, 2025
D Democratic33
31 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican68
65 Yea 3
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Apr 2, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee returns the bill to Committee without recommendation. [].
legislature
Mar 31, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 04/02/2025 10:00AM Room 217 Conference Room.
legislature
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee: Warme, Garrett, and Petersen.
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment H-1052 adopted.
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Amendment H-1052 filed.
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, placed on calendar.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.