---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 138"
citation: "Iowa HF 138 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["fire departments", "law enforcement", "law enforcement officers", "marshals", "public employees' retirement system", "retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5d835af-edab-4fa6-8b97-a48006fcaff8"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 138&ga=90"
source_hash: "19b61fc76b2e42ed266873e98f71c6d60c4c62a7d0135dad30bb86cee601648a"
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 138 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act providing for membership in a protection occupation under the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and including effective date and retroactive applicability 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/HF138.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF138_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF138.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Passed House, yeas 99, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Immediate message.
- **2023-02-02** Message from House.
- **2023-02-02** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to State Government. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Subcommittee: Brown, Boulton, and Westrich.
- **2023-02-28** Subcommittee reassigned: McClintock, Bisignano, and Bousselot.
- **2023-03-06** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/08/2023 11:30AM Room 315.
- **2023-03-08** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-04-20** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-20** Message from Senate.
- **2023-04-28** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-04-28** 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/c5d835af-edab-4fa6-8b97-a48006fcaff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).