---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act prohibiting the misbranding of certain food products, and providing penalties."
description: "A bill for an act prohibiting the misbranding of certain food products, and providing penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SF 2391"
citation: "Iowa SF 2391 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["advertising", "food", "food processing plants", "inspections", "inspections", "appeals", "and licensing department", "labels", "meat", "nutrition", "retail"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 15
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-19"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7665d01-7d0c-4579-8618-9d13f0bff67e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 2391&ga=90"
source_hash: "e27b85ff76089849cdd02f8cb1e2cd2499f9b6899a4a4d601e6b611d305f2021"
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 2391 (2023-2024) — A bill for an act prohibiting the misbranding of certain food products, and providing penalties.

## 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/SF2391.html)
2. **Amendment H-8236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8236.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-8239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8239.pdf)
4. **Amendment H-8242** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8242.pdf)
5. **Amendment H-8247** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8247.pdf)
6. **Amendment H-8256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8256.pdf)
7. **Amendment H-8273** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/H8273.pdf)
8. **Amendment S-5023** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5023.pdf)
9. **Amendment S-5028** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5028.pdf)
10. **Amendment S-5029** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5029.pdf)
11. **Amendment S-5120** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/90/S5120.pdf)
12. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/90/attachments/SF2391.html)
13. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/90/attachments/SF2391.html)
14. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/Attachments/SF2391_GovLetter.pdf)
15. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/attachments/SF2391.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-5029 to amendment S-5023 be adopted? — **16–33** (fail) · upper
- Shall amendment S-5028 to amendment S-5023 be adopted? — **16–33** (fail) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **60–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-19** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2024-02-19** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Fiscal note.
- **2024-02-27** Amendment S-5023 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment S-5028 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment S-5029 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment S-5023 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Immediate message.
- **2024-02-27** Message from Senate.
- **2024-02-27** Read first time, referred to Agriculture. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Subcommittee: Hora, Judge and Sexton.
- **2024-02-28** Subcommittee reassigned: Hora, Kurth and Sexton.
- **2024-03-05** Subcommittee Meeting: 03/06/2024 12:00PM RM 19.
- **2024-03-06** Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-0. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Committee report, recommending passage. `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18** Placed on calendar.
- **2024-03-21** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2024-03-21** Amendments H-8236 and H-8239 filed.
- **2024-03-25** Amendment H-8242 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-26** Amendment H-8247 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-28** Amendment H-8256 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-03** Amendment H-8273 filed, adopted. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03** Amendment H-8239 withdrawn.
- **2024-04-03** Amendments H-8242, H-8247 and H-8256 out of order.
- **2024-04-03** Amendment H-8236 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03** Passed House, yeas 60, nays 34. `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Explanation of vote.
- **2024-04-03** Immediate message.
- **2024-04-04** Message from House, with amendment S-5120.
- **2024-04-10** Senate concurred with S-5120.
- **2024-04-10** Passed Senate, yeas 33, nays 12. `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Immediate message.
- **2024-04-10** Message from Senate.
- **2024-04-29** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2024-05-14** Fiscal note.
- **2024-05-15** 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/d7665d01-7d0c-4579-8618-9d13f0bff67e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).