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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to the licensure of marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to the licensure of marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HF 2515"
+citation: "Iowa HF 2515 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["boards", "commissions", "and councils", "counseling", "endorsements", "health-related professions", "marital and family therapy", "mental health", "professional licensure", "social work"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-14"
+last_action: "2024-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e379de0a-1eae-483a-9733-bc643b68ca40"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2515&ga=90"
+source_hash: "5f5f7e6ca8437b9d4baa04e65638669738b1e998e8b99b997b0032b113a5b03b"
+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 2515 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to the licensure of marital and family therapists, mental health counselors, and social workers, and including effective date provisions.
+
+## 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/HF2515.html)
+2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF2515_GovLetter.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF2515.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall the bill pass? — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the bill pass? — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-14** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2024-02-22** Passed House, yeas 94, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Explanation of vote.
+- **2024-02-22** Immediate message.
+- **2024-02-26** Message from House.
+- **2024-02-26** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-27** Subcommittee: Brown, Salmon, and Weiner.
+- **2024-03-05** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/06/2024 2:30PM Senate Lounge.
+- **2024-03-06** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-13** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-13** Placed on calendar.
+- **2024-03-21** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2024-04-11** Passed Senate, yeas 45, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2024-04-11** Immediate message.
+- **2024-04-12** Message from Senate.
+- **2024-04-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2024-04-19** 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/e379de0a-1eae-483a-9733-bc643b68ca40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+