---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act providing for business organizations, including limited liability companies, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act providing for business organizations, including limited liability companies, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 655"
citation: "Iowa HF 655 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["bankruptcy", "business associations", "business entities", "claims", "commercial law", "cooperative associations", "corporations", "fees", "jurisdiction", "limited liability companies", "limited liability company act", "property", "reports", "secretary of state", "technology", "uniform commercial code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b8b680-18bf-4b24-8bad-57ab4a17263e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 655&ga=90"
source_hash: "374ece8777abd8f11de54449480930d300fb481877d5f3cae664cf4f12d079f9"
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 655 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act providing for business organizations, including limited liability companies, providing penalties, and including effective date 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/HF655.html)
2. **Amendment H-1171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1171.pdf)
3. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/HF655.html)
4. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF655_GovLetter.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF655.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment H-1171 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-04-04** Amendment H-1171 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Passed House, yeas 97, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-05** Message from House.
- **2023-04-05** Read first time, attached to SF 544. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-06** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for SF 544.
- **2023-04-27** Passed Senate, yeas 48, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Immediate message.
- **2023-05-01** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-17** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-06-01** 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/96b8b680-18bf-4b24-8bad-57ab4a17263e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).