---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act establishing the professional counselors licensure compact."
description: "A bill for an act establishing the professional counselors licensure compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HF 671"
citation: "Iowa HF 671 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["compacts", "counseling", "criminal history", "health-related professions", "labor and employment", "professional licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527edb08-4e55-4c0a-b674-a6479e35cd50"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 671&ga=90"
source_hash: "d26f44135e9dd0dafad817d94ad17662538557d0323462ba513db54e8cd42099"
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 671 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act establishing the professional counselors licensure compact.

## 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/HF671.html)
2. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/HF671_GovLetter.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/HF671.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-04-11** Passed House, yeas 98, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-05-05** Explanation of vote.
- **2023-04-11** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-12** Message from House.
- **2023-04-12** Read first time, attached to SF 127. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Substituted for SF 127.
- **2023-04-24** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-25** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-09** 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/527edb08-4e55-4c0a-b674-a6479e35cd50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).