---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to the exercise of religion, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective date: Enactment, 04/02/2024. Applicability date: 04/02/2024."
description: "A bill for an act relating to the exercise of religion, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective date: Enactment, 04/02/2024. Applicability date: 04/02/2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 2095"
citation: "Iowa SF 2095 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["freedom of religion", "freedoms", "home rule", "religion", "rights", "tort law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SCHULTZ"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9266804-96be-43ae-aa5f-b865d74ad38a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2095&ga=90"
source_hash: "26fdf53c3b0bde8da7eff1d80c9b6b6b25bfdf22988c49eb46eb12bdbbf8ab23"
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 SF 2095 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to the exercise of religion, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective date: Enactment, 04/02/2024. Applicability date: 04/02/2024.

## 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/SF2095.html)
2. **Amendment H-8106** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8106.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-5018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5018.pdf)
4. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/SF2095_GovLetter.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF2095.html)

## Votes

- Shall amendment H-8106 be adopted? — **37–57** (fail) · lower
- Shall amendment S-5018 be adopted? — **16–31** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **61–33** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **31–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SCHULTZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Introduced, referred to State Government. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee: Schultz, Salmon, and Weiner.
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee Meeting: [].
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends passage. []. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Amendment S-5018 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate, yeas 31, nays 16. `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-21** Message from Senate.
- **2024-02-21** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Amendment H-8106 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Substituted for HF 2454.
- **2024-02-29** Amendment H-8106, yeas 37, nays 57, lost.
- **2024-03-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-02-29** Passed House, yeas 61, nays 33. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-02-29** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-03-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-03-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-03-05** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-02-29** Immediate message.
- **2024-03-04** Message from House.
- **2024-04-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-04-02** 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/f9266804-96be-43ae-aa5f-b865d74ad38a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).