---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to tort liability, including employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles."
description: "A bill for an act relating to tort liability, including employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 228"
citation: "Iowa SF 228 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["civil liability", "civil procedure", "commercial vehicles", "common carriers", "damages", "labor and employment", "motor vehicles", "tort claims acts", "tort law", "tort liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 14
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b268c67d-9a80-4d60-b4d9-d77c0bd59f82"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 228&ga=90"
source_hash: "1362a52e3aaeb59bb28859099467620e0f84a85d1012ff91f8e9e2c39c17ca7a"
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 228 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act relating to tort liability, including employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles.

## 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/SF228.html)
2. **Amendment H-1164** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H1164.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-3029** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3029.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-3030** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3030.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-3031** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3031.pdf)
6. **Amendment S-3032** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3032.pdf)
7. **Amendment S-3033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3033.pdf)
8. **Amendment S-3034** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3034.pdf)
9. **Amendment S-3035** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3035.pdf)
10. **Amendment S-3108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S3108.pdf)
11. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/SF228.html)
12. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/SF228.html)
13. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/SF228_GovLetter.pdf)
14. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF228.html)

## Votes

- Shall amendment S-3033 be adopted? — **17–32** (fail) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3029 be adopted? — **20–29** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **58–42** (pass) · lower
- Shall amendment S-3034 be adopted? — **17–32** (fail) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3031 be adopted? — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3032 be adopted? — **17–32** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3035 be adopted? — **17–32** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment S-3032 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment S-3033 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment S-3031 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment S-3029 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment S-3030 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment S-3034 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Amendment S-3035 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate, yeas 30, nays 19. `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Immediate message.
- **2023-02-23** Message from Senate.
- **2023-02-24** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Amendment H-1164 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Substituted for HF 201.
- **2023-03-28** Amendment H-1164 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Passed House, yeas 58, nays 42. `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Immediate message.
- **2023-03-29** Message from House, with amendment S-3108.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2023-04-17** Deferred.
- **2023-04-17** Senate concurred with S-3108.
- **2023-04-17** Passed Senate, yeas 31, nays 19. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Immediate message.
- **2023-04-18** Message from Senate.
- **2023-05-08** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2023-05-12** 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/b268c67d-9a80-4d60-b4d9-d77c0bd59f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).