SF 2357 (LSB 5321XS (9) 91)

SENATE FILE 2357

BY  CAMPBELL

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the rules of statutory construction for the definition of a person.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 4.1, subsection 20, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   20.  Person.  Unless otherwise provided by law, “person” means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity.  “Person”, whenever the term is used or implied by construction or context, shall include an individual organism of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development from fertilization until natural death. This subsection shall not be subject to judicial review.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the rules of statutory construction for the definition of “person”. The bill provides that whenever “person” is used in a statute, or implied by construction or context, the term includes an individual organism of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development from fertilization until natural death. The bill provides that such statutory construction is not subject to judicial review.