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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to insurance companies acting as surety for bail bonds, including licensure requirements to act as a bail enforcement agent or business."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to insurance companies acting as surety for bail bonds, including licensure requirements to act as a bail enforcement agent or business."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HF 2164"
+citation: "Iowa HF 2164 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["bail", "bail bonds", "bounty hunters", "criminal procedure", "guaranty", "insurance", "public safety department", "safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04ed63b0-eea7-4e38-8929-372562d63736"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2164&ga=90"
+source_hash: "56b9a31e9eee582bbbb47e59e62634805e625f4229b4416b17a263fde5412873"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ia"]
+---
+
+# Iowa HF 2164 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to insurance companies acting as surety for bail bonds, including licensure requirements to act as a bail enforcement agent or business.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF2164.html)
+2. **Amendment H-8204** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8204.pdf)
+3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF2164.html)
+4. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/HF2164.html)
+5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2164_GovLetter.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2164.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Shall the bill pass? — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2024-03-14** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2024-03-14** Amendment H-8204 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2024-03-18** Amendment H-8204 adopted. `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Passed House, yeas 96, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-18** Immediate message.
+- **2024-03-18** Message from House.
+- **2024-03-18** Read first time, attached to SF 2173. `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-01** Substituted for SF 2173.
+- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** Immediate message.
+- **2024-04-02** Message from Senate.
+- **2024-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2024-04-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04ed63b0-eea7-4e38-8929-372562d63736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+