---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to businesses’ eligibility for the butchery innovation and revitalization program, and including applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to businesses’ eligibility for the butchery innovation and revitalization program, and including applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 185"
citation: "Iowa HF 185 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["business assistance", "business entities", "innovation", "labor and employment", "slaughterhouses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/697e799c-0877-4277-83ec-9c8ea293fe8e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 185&ga=90"
source_hash: "2e7fc67729c27d01f148c0baf1a37ff46bd5d8c9b1909aece285f3332f6ed098"
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 185 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to businesses’ eligibility for the butchery innovation and revitalization program, and including 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/HF185.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF185_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF185.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Explanation of vote.
- **2023-02-09** Immediate message.
- **2023-02-13** Message from House.
- **2023-02-13** Read first time, referred to Agriculture. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** Subcommittee: Sweeney, Green, and T. Taylor.
- **2023-03-13** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/15/2023 2:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
- **2023-03-15** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-05-02** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-02** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-09** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-05-18** 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/697e799c-0877-4277-83ec-9c8ea293fe8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).