House
File
2329
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HOUSE
FILE
2329
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
621)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
9,
2016
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
certain
actions
regarding
fetal
body
parts,
1
providing
penalties,
and
including
effective
date
and
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
146B.1
Fetal
body
parts
——
actions
1
prohibited
——
penalties.
2
1.
A
person
shall
not
knowingly
acquire,
provide,
receive,
3
otherwise
transfer,
or
use
a
fetal
body
part
in
this
state,
4
regardless
of
whether
the
acquisition,
provision,
receipt,
5
transfer,
or
use
is
for
valuable
consideration.
6
2.
Subsection
1
shall
not
apply
to
any
of
the
following:
7
a.
Diagnostic
or
remedial
tests,
procedures,
or
observations
8
which
have
the
sole
purpose
of
determining
the
life
or
health
9
of
the
fetus
in
order
to
provide
that
information
to
the
10
pregnant
woman
or
to
preserve
the
life
or
health
of
the
fetus
11
or
pregnant
woman.
12
b.
The
actions
of
a
person
taken
in
the
furtherance
of
the
13
final
disposition
of
a
fetal
body
part.
14
c.
For
pathological
study.
15
3.
A
person
who
violates
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
class
16
“C”
felony.
17
4.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
18
a.
“Abortion”
means
as
defined
in
section
146.1.
19
b.
“Fetal
body
part”
means
a
cell,
tissue,
organ,
or
other
20
part
of
a
fetus
that
is
terminated
by
an
abortion.
21
c.
“Final
disposition”
means
the
disposition
of
fetal
22
body
parts
by
burial,
interment,
entombment,
cremation,
or
23
incineration.
24
d.
“Valuable
consideration”
means
any
payment
including
but
25
not
limited
to
payment
associated
with
the
transportation,
26
processing,
preservation,
quality
control,
or
storage
of
fetal
27
body
parts.
28
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
fetal
body
29
parts
resulting
from
the
termination
of
a
fetus
by
an
abortion
30
performed
or
induced
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
31
Act.
32
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
33
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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