---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to licenses to practice applied behavior analysis and including effective date and implementation provisions. Effective 1-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act relating to licenses to practice applied behavior analysis and including effective date and implementation provisions. Effective 1-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SF 192"
citation: "Iowa SF 192 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["behavior analysis", "health", "health-related professions", "medical care", "mental health", "professional licensure", "professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2018-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fdc214e-3526-4b7c-a187-765abe471ffd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 192&ga=87"
source_hash: "b95944c7fdd326983ca65a4321b2b95dc3cf620e28dd1884a4b4e79d68847d08"
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 SF 192 (2017-2018) — A bill for an act relating to licenses to practice applied behavior analysis and including effective date and implementation provisions. Effective 1-1-19.

## 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/87/attachments/SF192.html)
2. **Amendment H-8265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/H8265.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-5009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/S5009.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-5087** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/S5087.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-5180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/87/S5180.pdf)
6. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/87/attachments/SF192.html)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/87/attachments/SF192.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** Introduced, referred to State Government. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Subcommittee: Dawson, Anderson, and Bowman.
- **2018-01-08** Subcommittee reassigned: Dawson, Bowman, and Schultz.
- **2018-02-19** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-19** Amendment S-5009 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment S-5087 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Amendment S-5009 out of order.
- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, ayes 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Immediate message.
- **2018-03-05** Message from Senate.
- **2018-03-07** Read first time, referred to State Government. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** Subcommittee: Koester, Kaufmann and Steckman.
- **2018-03-08** Subcommittee recommends passage.
- **2018-03-14** Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Committee amendment H-8265 filed.
- **2018-03-21** Committee amendment H-8265 adopted.
- **2018-03-21** Passed House, ayes 100, nays none. `passage`
- **2018-03-21** Immediate message.
- **2018-03-21** Message from House, with amendment S-5180.
- **2018-03-28** Senate concurred with S-5180.
- **2018-03-28** Passed Senate, ayes 46, nays 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Immediate message.
- **2018-03-29** Message from Senate.
- **2018-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2018-04-11** 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/9fdc214e-3526-4b7c-a187-765abe471ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).