---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to investments of funds by life insurers, and including applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to investments of funds by life insurers, and including applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 271"
citation: "Iowa HF 271 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["attorney general", "business entities", "insurance", "investments", "life insurance", "real property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/995e9510-4499-4eb2-a864-33c94e41a76b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 271&ga=90"
source_hash: "a856d99a139d5ffe89212d4fa724b63b35b1ca5abb5f1f27f4559231f31f7a7d"
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 271 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to investments of funds by life insurers, 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/HF271.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF271_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF271.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House, yeas 95, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Explanation of vote.
- **2023-02-22** Immediate message.
- **2023-02-22** Message from House.
- **2023-02-22** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Attached to SF 420.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-04-19** Substituted for SF 420.
- **2023-04-19** Passed Senate, yeas 50, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** 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/995e9510-4499-4eb2-a864-33c94e41a76b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).