---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act providing for the designation of a lay caregiver relating to a patient’s inpatient stay at a hospital. (Formerly SF 84.) Effective 7-1-19."
description: "A bill for an act providing for the designation of a lay caregiver relating to a patient’s inpatient stay at a hospital. (Formerly SF 84.) Effective 7-1-19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SF 210"
citation: "Iowa SF 210 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["caregivers", "guardianships", "health", "hospitals", "medical care", "power of attorney"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c642fd7-7d73-4bb4-bb71-bba67e0a57a2"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 210&ga=88"
source_hash: "ef4d74a4354564c2b1f3cd7b9a644c114c5998abb5200b3d5a6ca7781047713f"
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 210 (2019-2020) — A bill for an act providing for the designation of a lay caregiver relating to a patient’s inpatient stay at a hospital. (Formerly SF 84.) Effective 7-1-19.

## 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/88/attachments/SF210.html)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/attachments/SF210.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Committee report, approving bill.
- **2019-03-26** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-26** Message from Senate.
- **2019-03-26** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Substituted for HF 533.
- **2019-03-28** Passed House, yeas 94, nays 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Explanation of vote.
- **2019-03-28** Immediate message.
- **2019-03-28** Message from House.
- **2019-04-08** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2019-04-09** 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/8c642fd7-7d73-4bb4-bb71-bba67e0a57a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).