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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions."
+description: "A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
+legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HF 2543"
+citation: "Iowa HF 2543 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["health care facilities", "labor and employment", "mental health", "psychiatric hospitals", "public assistance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-16"
+last_action: "2026-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba0724a-7709-4c27-8eba-9573bf2e37fd"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2543&ga=91"
+source_hash: "d34bb89db8e80aa82a37c15d6da79c3d4362a4cbe55e39dd413f153e331729d6"
+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 2543 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, 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/91/attachments/HF2543.html)
+2. **Amendment H-8281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8281.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S-5145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5145.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF2543.html)
+5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF2543_GovLetter.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF2543.html)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Shall amendment S-5145 be adopted? — **29–16** (pass) · upper
+- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-16** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed House, yeas 89, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Immediate message.
+- **2026-03-03** Message from House.
+- **2026-03-03** Read first time, attached to SF 2202. `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-19** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
+- **2026-03-31** Amendment S-5145 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-04-01** Substituted for SF 2202.
+- **2026-04-01** Amendment S-5145 adopted. `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-04-01** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2026-04-01** Immediate message.
+- **2026-04-01** Message from Senate.
+- **2026-04-01** Senate amendment H-8281 filed. `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendment H-8281.
+- **2026-04-13** Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0. `passage`
+- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
+- **2026-04-13** Immediate message.
+- **2026-04-14** Message from House.
+- **2026-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
+- **2026-05-02** 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/0ba0724a-7709-4c27-8eba-9573bf2e37fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).
+