---
type: "Bill"
title: "A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability provisions."
description: "A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ia"
legislature: "Iowa General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SF 383"
citation: "Iowa SF 383 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["contracts", "drugs", "insurance", "medical assistance", "medicare", "pharmacy", "pharmacy benefits managers", "prescription drugs", "prices", "third-party payors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/454d81ef-ac28-44e4-8abe-3aeffef3cbcd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF 383&ga=91"
source_hash: "c59cacb0c1715ca8d3cbb5ab4d105095d9e6cd46976223c5a1bf194666c4bac0"
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 383 (2025-2026) — A bill for an act relating to pharmacy benefits managers, pharmacies, prescription drugs, and pharmacy services administrative organizations, and including applicability 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/SF383.html)
2. **Amendment H-1302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1302.pdf)
3. **Amendment H-1324** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/H1324.pdf)
4. **Amendment S-3104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3104.pdf)
5. **Amendment S-3138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3138.pdf)
6. **Amendment S-3139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/AMDI/91/S3139.pdf)
7. **Enrolled with Governor's Action** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGEG/91/attachments/SF383.html)
8. **Reprinted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGR/91/attachments/SF383.html)
9. **Reprinted Marked Up** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGRM/91/attachments/SF383.html)
10. **Signed Enrolled Bill (PDF)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/Attachments/SF383_GovLetter.pdf)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/attachments/SF383.html)

## Votes

- Shall the bill pass? — **75–15** (pass) · lower
- Shall the bill pass? — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Shall amendment S-3139 to amendment S-3138 be adopted? — **15–34** (fail) · upper
- Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1324? — **21–69** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Introduced, placed on calendar. `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Committee report, approving bill. `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on calendar under unfinished business.
- **2025-04-15** Fiscal note.
- **2025-04-16** Amendment S-3104 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Deferred.
- **2025-04-28** Amendment S-3138 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Amendment S-3139 filed, lost. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Amendment S-3138 adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Amendment S-3104 out of order.
- **2025-04-28** Passed Senate, yeas 36, nays 14. `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Immediate message.
- **2025-04-29** Message from Senate.
- **2025-04-30** Read first time, passed on file. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Fiscal note.
- **2025-05-07** Fiscal note.
- **2025-05-12** Substituted for HF 852.
- **2025-05-12** Amendment H-1302 filed, withdrawn. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Amendment H-1324 filed. `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Point of order raised on amendment H-1324, ruled not germane.
- **2025-05-12** Motion to suspend rules for immediate consideration of amendment H-1324, yeas 21, nays 69.
- **2025-05-12** Motion to suspend rules failed.
- **2025-05-12** Passed House, yeas 75, nays 15. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Explanation of vote.
- **2025-05-12** Immediate message.
- **2025-05-12** Message from House.
- **2025-05-19** Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor.
- **2025-06-06** Fiscal note.
- **2025-06-11** 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/454d81ef-ac28-44e4-8abe-3aeffef3cbcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Iowa legislature records).