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Iowa · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HF 708: A bill for an act relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-sustaining procedures, and out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HF 708 is a bill introduced in the Iowa House on March 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A bill for an act relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-sustaining procedures, and out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders. Primary sponsor: Michael Bergan (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Withdrawn.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael BerganPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Withdrawn.
  2. Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2305.
  3. Comittee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1.
  4. Committee report, recommending amendment and passage.
  5. Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
  6. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/29/2026 8:30AM House Lounge.
  7. Subcommittee: Bergan, Brown-Powers and Jeneary.
  8. Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source