---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, and including effective date provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HF 2543"
citation: "Iowa HF 2543 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["health care facilities", "labor and employment", "mental health", "psychiatric hospitals", "public assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba0724a-7709-4c27-8eba-9573bf2e37fd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF 2543&ga=91"
source_hash: "d34bb89db8e80aa82a37c15d6da79c3d4362a4cbe55e39dd413f153e331729d6"
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 2543 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to subacute mental health care facilities and services, 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/91/attachments/HF2543.html)
2. **Amendment H-8281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H8281.pdf)
3. **Amendment S-5145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S5145.pdf)
4. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/HF2543.html)
5. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/HF2543_GovLetter.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/HF2543.html)

## Votes

- Shall amendment S-5145 be adopted? — **29–16** (pass) · upper
- Shall the bill pass? — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** Passed House, yeas 89, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Immediate message.
- **2026-03-03** Message from House.
- **2026-03-03** Read first time, attached to SF 2202. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-19** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2026-03-31** Amendment S-5145 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-01** Substituted for SF 2202.
- **2026-04-01** Amendment S-5145 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-01** Passed Senate, yeas 46, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-01** Message from Senate.
- **2026-04-01** Senate amendment H-8281 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendment H-8281.
- **2026-04-13** Passed House, yeas 90, nays 0. `passage`
- **2026-05-02** Explanation of vote.
- **2026-04-13** Immediate message.
- **2026-04-14** Message from House.
- **2026-05-02** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
- **2026-05-02** 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/0ba0724a-7709-4c27-8eba-9573bf2e37fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).